DAVID LOCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+39.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
66
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£312K
-154.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAVID LOCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1989-10-17 → present
- ROMOLA LIMITED 1989-09-14 → 1989-10-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,572,846 | £7,742,780 | |
| Operating profit | £580,295 | -£301,772 | |
| Profit before tax | £571,380 | -£312,105 | |
| Net profit | £439,904 | -£247,525 | |
| Cash | £848,409 | £1,181,164 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,519,817 | £5,202,202 | |
| Net assets | £5,449,727 | £5,202,202 | |
| Equity | £5,449,727 | £5,202,202 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 66 | |
| Wages | £4,519,440 | £5,454,903 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | -3.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | -5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.08x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | 26.28x | -18.63x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work have performed, have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYHURST, Debra Ann | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | — | — |
| CAVE, Joanne | Director | 2012-02-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| FOSTER, Julia Ann | Director | 2013-02-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| OWEN, Richard Arwel | Director | 2019-07-19 | Feb 1976 | Welsh |
| PURTON, Robert Mark | Director | 2013-02-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREER, Nicholas Edwin | Secretary | 2014-11-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| LOCK, Jeanette Anita | Secretary | — | 2006-12-31 |
| REVILL, Lawrence Louis | Secretary | 2012-01-04 | 2014-11-10 |
| SCRASE, Gerard John | Secretary | 2007-09-27 | 2011-12-31 |
| BAKER, Kenneth Edward | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2009-11-30 |
| BRIGHTMAN, Robert Peter | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2006-01-31 |
| CHADWICK, Duncan | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Stephen John | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2005-09-30 |
| COUSINS, William Ross | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2019-10-01 |
| FOSTER, Julia Ann | Director | 2004-05-11 | 2011-01-27 |
| FREER, Nicholas Edwin | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2023-12-01 |
| FREER, Nicholas Edwin | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| HIORNS, Andrew Bryan | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2011-01-27 |
| KEENE, David Arthur | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| LOCK, David Peter | Director | — | 2013-07-31 |
| LOCK, Jeanette Anita | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| PUGH, Heather Jane Masterman | Director | 2022-01-28 | 2024-03-02 |
| PUGH, Heather Jane Masterman | Director | 2004-05-11 | 2013-01-31 |
| REVILL, Lawrence Louis | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2015-08-10 |
| SCRASE, Gerard John | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| URWIN, James Christopher | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2011-01-27 |
| WILLOUGHBY, Patricia Mary Josephine | Director | 1996-02-28 | 2011-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Martin Wintersgill | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-07-19 | Active |
| Mr David Arthur Keene | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-19 |
| David Lock Associates Trust | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Simon Collier | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Heather Jane Masterman Pugh | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 3
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+2.2%
£7,572,846 £7,742,780
-
Cash
+39.2%
£848,409 £1,181,164
-
Net assets
-4.5%
£5,449,727 £5,202,202
-
Employees
0%
66 66
-
Operating profit
-152%
£580,295 -£301,772
-
Profit before tax
-154.6%
£571,380 -£312,105
-
Wages
+20.7%
£4,519,440 £5,454,903
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