THE LETTUCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
Cash
£227K
-61.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£3M
-3.7% vs 2022
Employees
143
+7.5% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£11K
+84.6% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-11-04
| Metric | Trend | 2021-11-06 | 2022-11-05 | 2023-11-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £22,346,223 | £28,196,015 | |
| Operating profit | — | £33,797 | £200,169 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£70,839 | -£10,874 | |
| Net profit | — | £73,697 | -£124,192 | |
| Cash | — | £584,233 | £227,200 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,399,050 | £3,286,016 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,399,050 | £3,274,858 | |
| Equity | £3,325,353 | £3,399,050 | £3,274,858 | |
| Average employees | — | 133 | 143 | |
| Wages | — | £3,960,788 | £4,413,685 |
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 | 2021-11-06 | 2022-11-05 | 2023-11-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.0% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.94x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.32x | 0.95x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed budgets and cash flow projections for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have concluded that it remains appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 2012-07-16 | — | — |
| DUNCAN, Alexander John | Director | 2022-11-09 | Nov 1982 | British |
| HIRST, Richard John | Director | 2011-12-14 | Aug 1961 | British |
| SARGEANT, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2021-02-18 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WILKINSON, William Derek | Director | 2011-12-22 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARJANT, Mark | Secretary | 2010-08-04 | 2011-06-06 |
| SUMMERFIELD, Ian | Secretary | 2001-07-30 | 2010-08-04 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-07-30 | 2001-07-30 |
| GIBSON, Graham Andrew | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-11-22 |
| LANGMEAD, David Winston | Director | 2001-07-30 | 2011-12-14 |
| SARGEANT, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2016-11-06 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-07-30 | 2001-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.B. Shropshire & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-21 | Active |
| Mr David Winston Langmead | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-11-04 vs 2022-11-05
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Turnover
+26.2%
£22,346,223 £28,196,015
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Cash
-61.1%
£584,233 £227,200
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Net assets
-3.7%
£3,399,050 £3,274,858
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Employees
+7.5%
133 143
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Operating profit
+492.3%
£33,797 £200,169
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Profit before tax
+84.6%
-£70,839 -£10,874
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Wages
+11.4%
£3,960,788 £4,413,685
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