LOCATE SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£640K
-22.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-0.1% vs 2023
Employees
68
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10K
-97.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,906,443 | £12,525,384 | |
| Operating profit | £376,746 | -£119,159 | |
| Profit before tax | £451,400 | £10,437 | |
| Net profit | £329,869 | -£7,727 | |
| Cash | £824,678 | £640,122 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,617,110 | £6,420,588 | |
| Net assets | £6,048,876 | £6,041,149 | |
| Equity | £6,048,876 | £6,041,149 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 68 | |
| Wages | £2,489,992 | £2,607,860 |
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 | 2.9% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.7% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.34x | 3.33x | |
| Interest cover | 15.67x | -4.60x |
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
- Forrester Boyd Robson Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company is part of an unlimited multilateral guarantee in respect of amounts owed to the bank by TW Metals Ltd. This is secured by a debenture on freehold property and fixed & floating charges over all assets of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Amanda | Secretary | 2025-04-30 | — | — |
| LUGO, Troy | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | — | — |
| MOORE, Kirk Elwood | Director | 2018-05-31 | Sep 1962 | American |
| O'NEAL, Henry Craft | Director | 2018-05-31 | Apr 1961 | American |
| THOMAS, Gail Lisa | Director | 2018-05-31 | Jan 1962 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Louise Kim Miriam | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | 2019-01-24 |
| KITSON, Elaine Angela | Secretary | — | 2018-05-31 |
| LEWIS, Christopher John | Secretary | 2019-01-24 | 2025-04-30 |
| ROWLAND, Michael Arthur | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| KITSON, Alric Ralph | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2018-05-31 |
| KITSON, Elaine Angela | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2018-05-31 |
| KITSON, Ralph Adrian | Director | — | 2004-10-12 |
| PIDD, Darryl Chapman | Director | 2004-09-07 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tw Metals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Henry Craft O'Neal | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-05-31 | Ceased 2024-02-20 |
| Mrs Elaine Angela Kitson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3%
£12,906,443 £12,525,384
-
Cash
-22.4%
£824,678 £640,122
-
Net assets
-0.1%
£6,048,876 £6,041,149
-
Employees
+1.5%
67 68
-
Operating profit
-131.6%
£376,746 -£119,159
-
Profit before tax
-97.7%
£451,400 £10,437
-
Wages
+4.7%
£2,489,992 £2,607,860
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