LOCATORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-21 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+22.3% vs 2022
Net assets
£6M
+47.8% vs 2022
Employees
73
-3.9% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£2M
+138.3% vs 2022
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-10-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-10-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2023-10-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £25,241,105 | £31,130,088 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,035,500 | £2,407,772 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,029,937 | £2,454,786 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £818,110 | £1,888,247 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £2,070,554 | £2,531,390 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £4,323,670 | £6,321,001 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £3,951,443 | £5,839,690 | |
| Equity | £2,421,755 | £2,706,825 | £2,961,134 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 76 | 73 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,840,754 | £3,461,938 |
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.1% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 3.2% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 23.9% | 38.1% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 108.81x | 184.77x |
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.
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITCHCOCK, Nicholas Jason | Director | 2015-11-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| STEVENS, Anthony James | Director | 2003-10-23 | Mar 1965 | British |
| STEWART, Keith Anderson | Director | 2003-09-24 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWLES, Lynne Diane | Secretary | — | 2003-09-24 |
| WHITEHEAD, Allan James | Secretary | 2003-09-24 | 2025-03-12 |
| CLARK, Allan Charles | Director | 1994-07-19 | 2000-04-28 |
| COWLES, Brian Walter | Director | — | 2024-01-08 |
| ROBINSON, Nicholas | Director | 2003-09-24 | 2004-07-31 |
| SMITH, Brian John | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2016-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowles Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-10-31 vs 2022-10-31
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Turnover
+23.3%
£25,241,105 £31,130,088
-
Cash
+22.3%
£2,070,554 £2,531,390
-
Net assets
+47.8%
£3,951,443 £5,839,690
-
Employees
-3.9%
76 73
-
Operating profit
+132.5%
£1,035,500 £2,407,772
-
Profit before tax
+138.3%
£1,029,937 £2,454,786
-
Wages
-9.9%
£3,840,754 £3,461,938
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
Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.