LINCOLN & YORK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+21.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+13% vs 2024
Employees
92
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+56.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LINCOLN & YORK LIMITED 1995-04-28 → present
- KAHAWA COFFEE ROASTERS LIMITED 1994-01-28 → 1995-04-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-02 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,885,745 | £52,112,813 | |
| Operating profit | £2,037,332 | £3,025,921 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,923,727 | £3,009,617 | |
| Net profit | £1,458,380 | £2,256,993 | |
| Cash | £4,515,580 | £5,476,322 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,945,702 | £17,068,064 | |
| Net assets | £13,511,357 | £15,270,584 | |
| Equity | £13,511,357 | £15,270,584 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 92 | |
| Wages | £3,635,824 | £3,996,819 |
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 | 2024-02-02 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.8% | 50.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 17.93x | 28.47x |
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
- Townends Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we 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 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The initial phase of the project was completed in October 2024, with phase two now underway to construct a pipe network to carry and distribute the water to nearby communities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYSON, Ian Peter Fyall | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HERRING, Simon David | Director | 1994-01-29 | Sep 1964 | British |
| SWEETING, James Timothy | Director | 1994-01-29 | Nov 1969 | English |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Nigel John | Secretary | 2006-09-14 | 2019-12-10 |
| SWEETING, James Timothy | Secretary | 1994-01-29 | 2006-09-14 |
| SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-29 |
| CONE, Tom | Director | 2001-04-19 | 2002-07-25 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Donald | Director | 2001-04-19 | 2002-07-25 |
| SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsham Wold Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-22 |
| Mr Nigel John Bean | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Mr Bruce Hall Clague | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
| Mr James Timothy Sweeting | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon David Herring | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-02-02
-
Turnover
+21.5%
£42,885,745 £52,112,813
-
Cash
+21.3%
£4,515,580 £5,476,322
-
Net assets
+13%
£13,511,357 £15,270,584
-
Employees
+3.4%
89 92
-
Operating profit
+48.5%
£2,037,332 £3,025,921
-
Profit before tax
+56.4%
£1,923,727 £3,009,617
-
Wages
+9.9%
£3,635,824 £3,996,819
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