LRQA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-23.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-56.6% vs 2023
Employees
852
+26.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
-8,563.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LRQA LIMITED 2021-12-07 → present
- LLOYD'S REGISTER QUALITY ASSURANCE LIMITED 1985-01-21 → 2021-12-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,075,000 | £85,177,000 | |
| Operating profit | £145,000 | -£11,579,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £146,000 | -£12,357,000 | |
| Net profit | £103,000 | -£13,516,000 | |
| Cash | £2,568,000 | £1,961,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,567,000 | £19,809,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,029,000 | £13,462,000 | |
| Equity | £31,029,000 | £13,462,000 | |
| Average employees | 673 | 852 | |
| Wages | £34,445,000 | £44,110,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | -13.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -58.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 145.00x | -3.62x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company currently relies on continued support, either directly or indirectly, from the parent company to ensure the Company continues to operate as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LRQA LIMITED · parent
- LRQA France SAS 100%
- LRQA Deutschland GmbH 100%
- LRQA Italy SRL 100%
- LRQA Sverige AB 100%
- LRQA (Korea) Ltd 100%
- LRQA España SL 100%
- LRQA Danmark ApS 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, LRQA Verification Limited was acquired by LRQA Limited with the results now incorporated for 2024 from 1st May 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KARIM, Paul John | Director | 2024-08-12 | Aug 1978 | British |
| MCCALLUM, Niall John | Director | 2024-08-12 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SPAULDING, Joseph Ian | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jan 1972 | American |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGMORE, Tracey Anne | Secretary | 2019-02-04 | 2021-12-02 |
| CASHMAN, John Patrick | Secretary | — | 1993-06-30 |
| CODD, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 1995-10-28 |
| COLBY-BLAKE, Chad Phillip | Secretary | 2014-10-23 | 2017-10-16 |
| CROSS, Robert Allan | Secretary | 1995-10-28 | 1996-02-28 |
| DANIELS, Thomas Christopher James | Secretary | 1996-02-28 | 1998-05-20 |
| FRENCH, Caroline Anne | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 1993-09-30 |
| GERRARD, Ashley Louise | Secretary | 2017-10-16 | 2019-01-31 |
| KARIM, Shazna | Secretary | 2021-12-02 | 2022-05-11 |
| MULLINS, Michelle | Secretary | 2003-06-13 | 2006-02-15 |
| POVEY, Keith Owen | Secretary | 1998-05-20 | 2003-06-13 |
| TAAFFE, Emma Jane | Secretary | 2006-02-15 | 2009-11-16 |
| WHITE, Timothy Scott | Secretary | 2009-11-16 | 2014-09-20 |
| ALLISON, Stephen | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| BAKER, John Roger | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| BIDDLE, Robert Martin | Director | 1999-12-18 | 2003-12-31 |
| BUTCHER, Paul Russell | Director | 2018-10-08 | 2018-10-08 |
| BUTCHER, Paul Russell | Director | 2018-10-08 | 2023-09-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Linda May | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1995-12-08 |
| CLUTTON, Roger | Director | 2009-08-11 | 2020-05-29 |
| CORTEL, Henri Jacob | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| CROSS, Robert Allan | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1997-01-29 |
| DANIELS, Thomas Christopher James | Director | 2000-11-02 | 2001-07-01 |
| DENNING, John Howard, Dr | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| EADE, Robert Francis | Director | — | 1998-11-11 |
| FERRIE, John, Dr | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1998-06-26 |
| FULLER, John Alfred Hard | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| GEE, Peter Henry | Director | — | 1999-11-29 |
| GOMM, Christopher Peter Maynard | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1999-12-16 |
| HODGSKINSON, Ian | Director | 1998-11-01 | 2008-12-09 |
| JAMES, Michael David | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2014-07-01 |
| JEAVONS, Kenneth Edward | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| JONES, David Timothy, Dr | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-11-02 |
| KAYSER, Michael Arthur | Director | 2004-04-15 | 2008-03-20 |
| LISZTWAN, Catherine | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2014-07-01 |
| MACFARLANE, John Caldwell | Director | — | 1993-02-24 |
| MACKENZIE, James | Director | — | 1998-11-11 |
| MACLEOD, Hugh Roderick, Sir | Director | — | 1993-01-22 |
| MARSH, Alastair Stewart | Director | 2008-03-20 | 2016-04-29 |
| MCCALLUM, Niall John | Director | 2024-08-13 | 2024-08-13 |
| MCHUGH, James | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| NICE, Simon Oliver | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2018-05-23 |
| NILSSON, Karl Eric | Director | 1993-11-04 | 1997-01-29 |
| O'FERRALL, Patrick Charles Kenneth | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1996-06-30 |
| PERROY, Alain | Director | — | 1998-11-11 |
| PINDER, James Ian | Director | 2018-03-31 | 2024-08-12 |
| POLSON, John Ross | Director | 1993-11-04 | 1997-01-29 |
| POVEY, Keith Owen | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| PROFFITT, Keith | Director | 2020-07-02 | 2021-12-02 |
| RAWSON, Paul Rayner | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1996-06-30 |
| ROWLEY, John Alexander | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| SANDERS, Anthony John | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1997-01-29 |
| SCHIMMELPFENNIG, Klaus Karl Hans | Director | — | 1997-01-29 |
| SEAMAN, Miles | Director | — | 1993-06-11 |
| TURNER, Ronald | Director | — | 1995-11-01 |
| VEALE, Alan John Ralph, Sir | Director | — | 1998-11-11 |
| WALDNER, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2016-05-09 | 2018-10-08 |
| WHITEHEAD, Alan | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2001-06-08 |
| WHITEHEAD, Alan | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1998-11-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew James | Director | 2022-03-07 | 2023-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lrqa Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-01 | Active |
| Lloyd's Register Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+25.1%
£68,075,000 £85,177,000
-
Cash
-23.6%
£2,568,000 £1,961,000
-
Net assets
-56.6%
£31,029,000 £13,462,000
-
Employees
+26.6%
673 852
-
Operating profit
-8,085.5%
£145,000 -£11,579,000
-
Profit before tax
-8,563.7%
£146,000 -£12,357,000
-
Wages
+28.1%
£34,445,000 £44,110,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers