LONGMARTIN PROPERTIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£165M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LONGMARTIN PROPERTIES LIMITED 2005-09-23 → present
- SHAFTESBURY WELLINGTON LIMITED 2005-02-07 → 2005-09-23
- 3392ND SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2004-11-19 → 2005-02-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,179,000 | £19,980,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,940,000 | £28,193,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,592,000 | £21,351,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,054,000 | £16,763,000 | |
| Cash | £3,847,000 | £4,482,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £303,355,000 | £320,697,000 | |
| Net assets | £150,254,000 | £164,617,000 | |
| Equity | £150,254,000 | £164,617,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -22.3% | 141.1% | |
| Net margin | -31.8% | 83.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | 8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.22x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | -0.56x | 4.08x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's going concern assessment covers the period from the date of authorisation of these financial statements to 30 June 2026 (the "going concern period"). On the basis of this assessment, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period, based on the continued financial support from its shareholder.”
Group structure
- LONGMARTIN PROPERTIES LIMITED · parent
- Longmartin Investments Limited 100%
- St. Martin's Courtyard Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 October 2024 The Mercers' Company purchased the B Ordinary shares of the Company from Shaftesbury Capital PLC. As a consequence, the Company became wholly owned by The Mercers' Company.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABERNETHY, Robert Mark | Director | 2023-07-21 | Mar 1972 | British |
| JONES, Michael Alan | Director | 2018-07-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
| SCARBOROUGH, Frederick William | Director | 2009-04-17 | Jun 1949 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BICKELL, Brian | Secretary | 2005-01-19 | 2005-02-16 |
| MARTIN, Desna Lee | Secretary | 2020-02-14 | 2024-09-06 |
| PAVEY, Ruth Elizabeth | Secretary | 2024-07-29 | 2024-10-25 |
| THOMAS, Penelope Ruth | Secretary | 2006-02-16 | 2020-02-14 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2005-01-19 |
| BICKELL, Brian | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2023-03-06 |
| CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-03-24 |
| HAYWOOD, Timothy Christopher Ashley | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2018-06-30 |
| HILL, Brian John, Sir | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2015-01-30 |
| HOHLER, Frederick Christopher Gerald | Director | 2008-06-11 | 2016-04-01 |
| JOBANPUTRA, Situl Suryakant | Director | 2023-12-22 | 2024-10-25 |
| LANE, Jonathan Stewart | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2017-06-30 |
| MCGRATH, Michelle Veronica Athena | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2024-10-25 |
| PARKER, Charles Herbert | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2008-06-02 |
| POPE, Robert Renton | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2006-05-05 |
| QUAYLE, Simon John | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2011-05-11 |
| SCOTT, Arthur Jervoise Trafford | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| SOAMES, Michael Sidney | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2007-11-29 |
| WARD, Christopher Peter Alan | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2023-12-22 |
| WATNEY, John Adrian | Director | 2005-12-05 | 2009-04-17 |
| WELTON, Thomas James Chisnell | Director | 2011-08-03 | 2023-03-06 |
| WELTON, Thomas James Chisnell | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2009-04-17 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-19 | 2005-01-19 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-19 | 2005-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| The Mercers' Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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