LOTUS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£112M
+7.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
286
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£11M
+9.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £224,165,623 | £226,840,447 | |
| Operating profit | £847,327 | £3,017,961 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,686,812 | £10,579,228 | |
| Net profit | £7,284,502 | £7,959,867 | |
| Cash | £104,694,788 | £112,258,093 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,488,721 | £25,832,087 | |
| Net assets | £23,231,954 | £24,191,821 | |
| Equity | £23,231,954 | £24,191,821 | |
| Average employees | 290 | 286 | |
| Wages | £28,715,122 | £24,353,384 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 9.38x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors confirm that the going concern basis remains appropriate as the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURROWES, Christine | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BURROWES, Christine | Director | — | Oct 1948 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Anthony Howard | Director | 2014-02-18 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MORLAND, Danny Peter | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| PHELPS, John Christopher | Director | 2001-04-30 | Oct 1949 | British |
| ROSS, George | Director | 2001-04-30 | Jun 1952 | British |
| SPRATT, Pam | Director | 2014-02-18 | Jun 1959 | British |
| STEPHENS, Peter Antony | Director | — | Mar 1950 | British |
| WHITTAKER, David | Director | 2014-02-18 | Dec 1979 | British |
| WILSON, Sarah | Director | 2014-02-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEELE COLTON, Valerie Maxine | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-31 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
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Turnover
+1.2%
£224,165,623 £226,840,447
-
Cash
+7.2%
£104,694,788 £112,258,093
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£23,231,954 £24,191,821
-
Employees
-1.4%
290 286
-
Operating profit
+256.2%
£847,327 £3,017,961
-
Profit before tax
+9.2%
£9,686,812 £10,579,228
-
Wages
-15.2%
£28,715,122 £24,353,384
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers