LIGENTIA UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-51.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
-50.7% vs 2023
Employees
185
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
+13.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LIGENTIA UK LIMITED 2013-12-02 → present
- LIGENTIA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2008-11-04 → 2013-12-02
- REDFERN INTERNATIONAL LTD 2005-05-05 → 2008-11-04
- REDFERN INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED 1996-06-25 → 2005-05-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £113,437,000 | £149,636,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,663,000 | £9,664,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,317,000 | £9,406,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,572,000 | £8,668,000 | |
| Cash | £7,476,000 | £3,656,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £44,864,000 | £22,117,000 | |
| Equity | £44,864,000 | £22,117,000 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 185 | |
| Wages | £10,767,000 | £12,364,000 |
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 | 7.6% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.99x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 25.04x | 37.46x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LIGENTIA UK LIMITED · parent
- Ligentia Denmark APS 100%
- Ligentia Netherlands B.V 100%
- Ligentia Germany Gmbh 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025 the Company took the decision to relocate its Pudsey office to new premises in Leeds. This new premises means there is a single city centre location for all Leeds based employees. An impairment review has been performed in relation to this.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Rakesh Kumar Manibhai | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | — | — |
| GILL, Daniel John | Director | 2016-01-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
| JONES, Richard Nicholas Rostron | Director | 1996-06-25 | Apr 1966 | British |
| PATEL, Rakesh Kumar Manibhai | Director | 2011-02-14 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSSEIN NAVI, Mehran | Secretary | 2004-04-26 | 2017-03-31 |
| JONES, Deborah Kaye | Secretary | 1996-06-25 | 1999-10-14 |
| NELSON, Craig James | Secretary | 1999-10-14 | 2002-10-09 |
| SELLARS, Julian Scott | Secretary | 2002-10-09 | 2004-03-01 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 |
| BREARE, Nicholas Richard | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2010-06-30 |
| CARGILL, Christopher | Director | 2015-03-05 | 2015-12-03 |
| DOCKRAY, David Vernon | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2011-07-01 |
| ENGLISH, Carl Francis | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2011-06-30 |
| JONES, Deborah Kaye | Director | 1996-06-25 | 1999-01-12 |
| LAU, Tommy Wai Hung | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, Robert William | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2015-03-05 |
| MCLEAN, Stuart Donald | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2008-07-27 |
| LIGENTIA INTERNATIONAL LTD | Corporate Director | 2009-07-14 | 2009-07-14 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligentia Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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
+31.9%
£113,437,000 £149,636,000
-
Cash
-51.1%
£7,476,000 £3,656,000
-
Net assets
-50.7%
£44,864,000 £22,117,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
188 185
-
Operating profit
+11.6%
£8,663,000 £9,664,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.1%
£8,317,000 £9,406,000
-
Wages
+14.8%
£10,767,000 £12,364,000
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