LEHVOSS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-18% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
44
+2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-29.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,023,779 | £57,660,792 | |
| Operating profit | £3,244,706 | £2,411,926 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,789,896 | £1,956,194 | |
| Net profit | £1,858,536 | £1,292,729 | |
| Cash | £1,652,035 | £1,354,953 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,819,228 | £12,757,158 | |
| Net assets | £9,606,211 | £8,998,940 | |
| Equity | £9,606,211 | £8,998,940 | |
| Average employees | 43 | 44 | |
| Wages | £2,426,466 | £2,728,462 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.5% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 0.71x | 3.79x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LEHVOSS UK LIMITED · parent
- Pennine Darlington Magnesia Limited 100%
- Paroxite (London) Limited 100%
- Gee Lawson Holdings Limited 100%
- Gee Lawson Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 saw the Nutrition business recover from lower volumes of fish oil caused by supply shortages and significant global raw material price increases in 2024.”
- “A focus on purchasing and inventory management across the business in Q3 2025 has ensured that overall inventory levels will be lower during 2026 whilst fully covering the needs of the business across all divisions.”
- “Employee retention remains strong across the business, with no employees leaving the business in 2025 other than to enter retirement.”
- “Digital platform tools in life science encourage suppliers and customers to come together via the LEHVOSS bridge allowing direct technical collaboration and commercial alignment.”
- “Significant investment was undertaken to instal solar panels at the head office and combined with other moves ensured that the Head offices electricity mix is 100% from renewables. A further project to reduce the company's gas usage has been successfully undertaken in 2025”
- “The company also installed solar panels at its head office in Congleton and moved to 100% renewable electricity tariffs from April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENNINGTON, Ivan | Secretary | 2006-11-01 | — | British |
| PENNINGTON, Ivan | Director | 2006-07-25 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, Geoffrey Raymond | Secretary | 2001-04-02 | 2006-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 2001-01-16 | 2001-04-02 |
| PALMERSTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-02-24 | 2001-01-16 |
| BENNERT, Klaus-Peter | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| BORCHARD, Peter | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| FUSSBAHN, Rolf | Director | 1992-02-27 | 1994-12-31 |
| HACKERT, Henry August Robert Walter | Director | 1992-02-27 | 1992-12-31 |
| HAYWARD, Geoffrey Raymond | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2006-12-31 |
| JARRE, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2006-04-01 |
| THOMSEN, Dirk Johs Helmuth, Dr | Director | 1992-02-27 | 2000-06-30 |
| THOMSEN, Soenke Johs Momme | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| UHLIG, Matthias | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2009-12-31 |
| PALMERSTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1992-02-24 | 1992-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Pennington | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-05-11 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.9%
£56,023,779 £57,660,792
-
Cash
-18%
£1,652,035 £1,354,953
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£9,606,211 £8,998,940
-
Employees
+2.3%
43 44
-
Operating profit
-25.7%
£3,244,706 £2,411,926
-
Profit before tax
-29.9%
£2,789,896 £1,956,194
-
Wages
+12.4%
£2,426,466 £2,728,462
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