LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
-3.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£34M
-663.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED 1997-11-28 → present
- ALNERY NO. 1691 LIMITED 1997-10-01 → 1997-11-28
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £26,757,000 | -£5,394,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,541,108,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Equity | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 8.51x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 0.72x | -0.13x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's balance sheet shows net assets of £1,013,831k (2023: £1,048,074k) and net current liabilities of £373,237k. The Company participates in Group centralised treasury arrangements and is expected to remain cash generative and meet liabilities until 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED · parent
- Lafarge International Holdings Limited (LIHL) 100%
- Lafarge Redland Readymix ("LRRMX") 100%
- Associated International Cement Limited ("AIC") 100%
- East African Portland Cement Limited 14.6%
- Lafarge Africa PLC 27.77%
- Ashakacem PLC 99%
- Wapsila Nigeria Limited 99.9%
- Lafarge UK Holdings Limited (LUKH) 100%
Significant events
- “all employee contracts were ended in the year”
- “the Board approved the waiver of £4,830k debt owed by subsidiary company Lafarge UK Holdings Limited (LUKH)”
- “Redland Brow Landfill Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lafarge International Holdings Limited (LIHL), was sold in the year”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLEY, Simon Gregory | Director | 2016-03-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| JAQUES, Laurent | Director | 2018-05-31 | Aug 1976 | Swiss |
| LYONS, Garrath Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Neil Robert Moffat | Secretary | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Secretary | 1998-04-27 | 2007-04-13 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Secretary | 2013-01-07 | 2013-10-23 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Secretary | 2013-10-23 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 2009-06-19 | 2010-01-04 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-01-04 | 2013-01-07 |
| BEARDMORE, Andrew Stuart | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| BERTHON, Denis Pierre Rene | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-10-06 |
| BLATZ, Jean Charles | Director | 2004-04-09 | 2006-05-05 |
| BOLDT, Katrin Gertrude | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-05-31 |
| BOUBEE, Patrice | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-05-05 |
| CLOISEAU, Jean Pierre | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-06-20 |
| COLLIGNON, Marie-Cecile | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DE LIEDEKERKE, Charles | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2004-04-09 |
| DWYER, Justine Anne | Director | 2020-04-29 | 2023-06-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2007-04-13 |
| FENNELL, Sonia | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2011-01-05 |
| GRANGE, Bernard, Sr. | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-07 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| HARRIS, Richard Mark | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| HOOREMAN, Dominique Georges Jacques | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2002-05-29 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2009-02-25 |
| KRANZ, Andreas | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2016-06-30 |
| LANYON, Phillip Thomas Edward | Director | 2010-08-16 | 2013-01-07 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Director | 2012-11-22 | 2013-10-31 |
| MILLS, Peter William Joseph | Director | 2006-02-21 | 2010-06-30 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2010-06-02 |
| POWELL, Rebecca Joan | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2011-09-01 |
| REID, Ian Maclean | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2003-04-04 |
| SCHERRER, Alain | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2017-08-01 |
| TEMPLAR-COATES, Oliver Trevor Marwood | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-01-12 |
| TOURLIERE, Patrice Marie Michel | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2009-03-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financiere Lafarge Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-3.3%
£1,048,074,000 £1,013,831,000
-
Employees
-100%
15 0
-
Operating profit
-120.2%
£26,757,000 -£5,394,000
-
Profit before tax
-663.2%
£6,080,000 -£34,243,000
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