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Next accounts due

2026-10-29 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-29

Confirmation statement due

2026-02-11

Overdue

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£34K

-86.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£14M

-5% vs 2024

Employees

341

-9.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£835K

-214.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-29

Metric Trend 2018-07-302019-07-292020-07-292021-07-292021-07-312022-07-312024-01-292025-01-29
Turnover £45,100,969£107,202,373£65,790,523
Operating profit £3,598,925£7,967,058£4,830,861
Profit before tax £1,618,266£728,761-£835,042
Net profit £1,090,186£1,687,948-£715,042
Cash £113,738£260,570£34,496
Total assets less current liabilities £42,836,970£68,541,052£63,504,920
Net assets £9,638,972£14,366,381£13,651,339
Equity £8,136,718£8,232,406£9,638,972£14,366,381£13,651,339
Average employees 299377341
Wages £11,357,915£21,470,740£14,111,645

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 2018-07-302019-07-292020-07-292021-07-292021-07-312022-07-312024-01-292025-01-29
Operating margin 8.0%7.4%7.3%
Net margin 2.4%1.6%-1.1%
Return on capital employed 8.4%11.6%7.6%
Current ratio 0.60x0.65x
Interest cover 1.81x1.10x0.85x

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
DJH Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared a full financial forecast for the next three years to assess the company's likely performance over that period. Amongst other things, the forecasts incorporate expected revenue streams, related overhead expenses and capital additions and disposals. Future revenue streams have been based upon historic data flexed for known increases in the contract terms. Forecast overhead expenses also been based upon historic data and linked to the level of turnover within the business. The ratio of operating expenses to turnover has been consistent in previous years. The level of disposals and additions of fixed assets again has been forecast in line with previous experience, using the last auction which took place in September 2025 as a base line. The level of additions and disposals has been flexed to determine the effect on the overall cash flow and shows that the company still generates significant cash flow with a reduction in the level of disposals and additions in excess of 25%. The forecasts do not include any element of re-financing. However, the company is in negotiations with two different parties over asset financing and customer financing. The directors are confident that these negotiations will prove to be successful. On the basis of the assumptions above, together with the three year forecasts, the directors are confident that the business is a going concern.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LOMAS, Lynne Beverley Secretary 1994-01-28 British
LOMAS, Lynne Beverley Director 1994-01-28 Apr 1961 British
LOMAS, Richard Anthony Director 1994-01-28 Aug 1967 British
LOMAS, Richard Director 1994-01-28 Sep 1939 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-01-28 1994-01-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Richard Lomas Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active
Mrs Lynne Beverley Lomas Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Richard Anthony Lomas Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 99 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-03-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-01 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-10-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-04-22 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous extended PDF
2024-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-04-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-02-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-02-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-01-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2019-04-30 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous shortened PDF
2019-01-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-09-18 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2018-04-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2025-01-29 vs 2024-01-29

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

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