LIME WOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-35.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+3.1% vs 2023
Employees
292
+0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£821K
+163.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LIME WOOD GROUP LIMITED 2009-07-25 → present
- LE POUSSIN LIMITED 1999-07-16 → 2009-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,549,454 | £18,069,925 | |
| Operating profit | £514,969 | £841,797 | |
| Profit before tax | £311,855 | £821,381 | |
| Net profit | £263,881 | £689,231 | |
| Cash | £2,239,609 | £1,447,766 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,380,990 | £23,022,874 | |
| Net assets | £22,332,604 | £23,022,874 | |
| Equity | £22,332,604 | £23,022,874 | |
| Average employees | 290 | 292 | |
| Wages | £6,447,644 | £6,922,584 |
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 | 2.9% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.3% | 40.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.20x | 0.19x | |
| Interest cover | 2.04x | 41.08x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date, the group had net current liabilities of £12,694,414 (2023 - £14,752,789). This is due to total shareholder loans of £10,516,744, which have no repayment terms and are therefore repayable on demand and classified as a current liability. The shareholder has confirmed that they will continue to support the group and although the loans are repayable on demand, they do not intend to recall the loan within 12 months of approving the financial statements. Additionally, deferred income of £2,852,839 is not anticipated to significantly impact cashflow within 12 months of approval of the financial statements due to the nature of the business. In preparing and approving these financial statements, the directors have given due consideration to going concern risks pertaining to current trade performance. The directors have considered the best, worst and most likely outcomes over the next 12 months, with forecasts prepared that demonstrate the ability of the group to manage its cash flows and meet its obligations as and when they fall due. As of the date of approving these accounts, the group is not forecast to require any additional shareholder support with cashflows expected to be positive and demonstrate significant headroom throughout the 2025 and 2026 calendar years. As such the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LIME WOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Sarl Hotel Le Portetta 1%
Significant events
- “The investment property was disposed of in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFTON, Jennifer Ellen | Secretary | 2022-05-09 | — | — |
| HARTNETT, Angela Maria | Director | 2015-01-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HUTSON, Robin Charles | Director | 2009-04-02 | Jan 1957 | British |
| MORLAND, Simon Denys | Director | 2022-05-09 | May 1985 | British |
| SPEIRS, Kenneth William | Director | 2022-05-09 | Jun 1969 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Caroline | Secretary | 1999-07-16 | 2009-04-02 |
| RICE, Michael John | Secretary | 2009-12-22 | 2019-08-27 |
| STOKES, Martin Howard | Secretary | 2009-04-02 | 2009-12-22 |
| AITKEN, Alexander William | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2009-11-26 |
| AITKEN, Caroline | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2009-11-26 |
| CORSI, Gary Stephen | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2000-03-02 |
| FOSTER, Brian Robert | Director | 2009-04-02 | 2022-04-01 |
| RATCLIFFE, James Arthur, Sir | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2010-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Arthur Ratcliffe | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-07-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-12 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-05-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3%
£17,549,454 £18,069,925
-
Cash
-35.4%
£2,239,609 £1,447,766
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£22,332,604 £23,022,874
-
Employees
+0.7%
290 292
-
Operating profit
+63.5%
£514,969 £841,797
-
Profit before tax
+163.4%
£311,855 £821,381
-
Wages
+7.4%
£6,447,644 £6,922,584
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