SHURGARD UK LNS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£223K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£348M
Equity attributable
Employees
168
Average over period
Profit before tax
£17M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-04
- SHURGARD UK LNS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-03-04 → present
- SHURGARD UK LNS HOLDING LIMITED 2024-08-22 → 2025-03-04
- SHURGARD UK LNS HOLDING PLC 2024-08-22 → 2024-08-22
- LOK'N STORE GROUP PLC 2000-05-30 → 2024-08-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,007,000 | £11,523,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,929,000 | £18,916,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,388,000 | £16,852,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,332,000 | £76,612,000 | |
| Cash | £18,773,000 | £223,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £393,633,000 | £432,702,000 | |
| Net assets | £271,675,000 | £348,338,000 | |
| Equity | £271,675,000 | £348,338,000 | |
| Average employees | 201 | 168 | |
| Wages | £4,566,000 | £1,496,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -24.7% | 164.2% | |
| Net margin | -26.2% | 664.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.8% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.8% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -6.56x | 8.49x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors can report that, based on the Group's budgets and financial projections, which include a recognition of the inflationary effect of rising costs and the expected impact on the Group, they have satisfied themselves that the business is a going concern. The Directors also took note of the fact that the Group has been acquired on August 1, 2024, by Shurgard Self Storage, the European market leader, with a BBB+ credit rating.”
Group structure
- SHURGARD UK LNS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Shurgard UK LNS trading Limited 100%
- Shurgard UK LNS Trustee Limited 100%
- Shurgard UK LNS SEMCO Limited 100%
- Shurgard UK LNS SEMCO M Limited 100%
- Shurgard UK LNS SEMCO E Limited 100%
- Shurgard UK TBR Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-08-01 | — | — |
| KHAROUF, Ammar | Director | 2024-08-01 | Mar 1970 | American |
| OURSIN, Marc | Director | 2024-08-01 | Apr 1962 | French |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLP COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-05-30 | 2002-05-10 |
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-10-27 | 2024-08-01 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2006-11-16 | 2017-10-27 |
| SECRETARIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-05-10 | 2006-11-16 |
| BARKER, Bridget Caroline | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2024-08-01 |
| DAVIES, Raymond Alan | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2024-08-01 |
| HAMPSON, Douglas | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2014-02-25 |
| HOLMES, Richard John | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2024-08-01 |
| HOURSTON, Steven Gordon Morris | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2003-06-06 |
| JACKSON, Robert Ward | Director | 2004-01-08 | 2009-12-11 |
| JACOBS, Andrew | Director | 2000-05-30 | 2024-08-01 |
| JACOBS, Colin Michael | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2017-07-05 |
| LAMPARD, Thomas Stephen | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2024-08-01 |
| LUKER, Edward Thomas David | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2021-12-31 |
| NEWMAN-SHEPHERD, Neil James John | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2024-08-01 |
| O`GRADY, Martin | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2001-05-04 |
| PEAL, Charles Peter | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2024-08-01 |
| READ, Paul Graham | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2001-07-16 |
| SALINGER, Michael Lawton | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2001-07-16 |
| STANTON, Marcus John Gregory | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2006-08-31 |
| STEVENS, Christopher John Russell | Director | 2001-09-24 | 2003-09-25 |
| THOMAS, Simon Griffith | Director | 2000-05-30 | 2024-08-01 |
| WOYDA, Jeffrey David | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| WRIGHT, Ian Nicolas Molyneux | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2012-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shurgard Self Storage Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-03-04 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2024-08-22 CERT11 Certificate change of name re registration public limited company to private
- 2024-08-22 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2024-08-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-08-22 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-03-04 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-08-22 | CERT11 | change-of-name | Certificate change of name re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2024-08-22 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2024-08-22 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-08-22 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-08-08 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2024-08-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-07-31