LAR LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-21 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-5.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+2.7% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

-5.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£981K

-32.4% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

LAR LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£9,882,479	—	—	—
Operating profit	—	—	£1,104,858	—	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—	£1,103,477	£1,312,562	£1,451,521	£980,576
Net profit	—	—	£955,577	£1,094,557	£1,111,194	£723,468
Cash	—	—	£1,031,883	£663,764	£1,168,581	£1,102,814
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£4,202,831	£4,335,984	£4,587,858	£4,676,118
Net assets	—	—	£4,182,250	£4,276,807	£4,528,001	£4,651,469
Equity	£3,870,907	£3,876,673	£4,182,250	£4,276,807	£4,528,001	£4,651,469
Average employees	—	—	79	87	87	82
Wages	—	—	£3,433,230	£3,867,824	£4,241,498	£4,004,225

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	11.2%	—	—	—
Net margin	—	—	9.7%	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	—	—	26.3%	—	—	—
Interest cover	—	—	800.04x	—	—	—

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: Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company continues to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Accordingly the Directors have presented the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

“This year turnover decreased to £10,806,216 (2023 - £12,872,254), also showing a decrease in profit before taxation to £980,576 (2023 - £1,451,521).”

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

People

4 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WHITFIELD, Andrew Simon	Secretary	2012-07-01	—	—
CLARKE, Robert	Director	2019-09-10	May 1959	British
HANNAH, Steven Edward	Director	2015-01-08	Sep 1980	British
WHITFIELD, Andrew Simon	Director	2002-06-30	Sep 1965	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BLACK, Stephen Howard	Secretary	1999-03-08	2011-11-30
GEORGE DAVIES (NOMINEES) LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1997-03-07	1999-03-08
ANDERSON, Michael Roy	Director	1997-03-07	2004-02-20
ASHTON, John William	Director	2000-10-02	2018-01-16
CLARKE, Robert	Director	1998-03-02	2019-03-15
HEWISON, John Ernest	Director	1997-03-07	1997-03-07
HOWARD, Adam Paul	Director	2018-01-29	2019-09-06
PIERCE, Michael Sidney	Director	2006-10-31	2015-12-31
WORRALL, Geoffrey David	Director	1997-03-07	2002-06-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Amb Holdings Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 119 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-24	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares
2025-03-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-07	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-05-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-03-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-04-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-08-31	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-04-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-05-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-08-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-04-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2019-09-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-09-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2019-04-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

—

Not reported
Cash

-5.6%

£1,168,581 £1,102,814
Net assets

+2.7%

£4,528,001 £4,651,469

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

-5.7%

87 82
Profit before tax

-32.4%

£1,451,521 £980,576

lowest in 4 filed years
Wages

-5.6%

£4,241,498 £4,004,225

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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