LUDUS CAPITAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+42.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+8.6% vs 2023
Employees
154
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+231.7% vs 2023
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 | £19,922,000 | £23,019,000 | |
| Operating profit | £549,000 | £1,851,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £558,000 | £1,851,000 | |
| Net profit | £422,000 | £1,375,000 | |
| Cash | £3,454,000 | £4,916,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,170,000 | £16,394,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,200,000 | £15,428,000 | |
| Equity | £14,200,000 | £15,428,000 | |
| Average employees | 150 | 154 | |
| Wages | £4,301,000 | £4,848,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.79x | 4.76x | |
| Interest cover | 549.00x | — |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show profits, positive cash flows and no issues with the ability of the group to meet its liabilities as they become due. Having assessed forecasts and reasonably plausible downside scenarios, the directors are satisfied that the group has sufficient cash to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, and that it is therefore appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of its financial statements.”
Group structure
- LUDUS CAPITAL LIMITED · parent
- WSP Textiles Limited 100%
- WSP Textiles Pte Ltd 100%
- Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne Limited 100%
- William Playne and Company Limited 100%
- Strachan and Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “further investment in new plant and machinery to carry on improving the company's processes to meet the future needs of its customers.”
- “secured energy contracts to cap its exposure to volatility in the energy market”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRANCE, Gregory | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| KETTELL, Duncan | Director | 2011-10-28 | Jul 1965 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Alan | Director | 2016-01-22 | Dec 1951 | Belgian |
| PRANCE, Gregory | Director | 2025-04-30 | Aug 1984 | British |
| SCHELLEKENS, Emmanuel | Director | 2017-04-11 | Sep 1966 | Belgian |
| SIMONIS, Marc | Director | 2016-01-22 | Apr 1951 | Belgian |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Ewen Maitland | Secretary | 2013-04-10 | 2025-05-30 |
| BOSSUYT, Curt | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| CHALONER, Thomas Eric | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-01-22 |
| FALLOWS, Malcolm | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2018-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Ewen Maitland | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2025-05-30 |
| HAMMOND, Nigel Derek | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2016-01-22 |
| HENDERSON, Michael William George | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2016-01-22 |
| JEFFERY, Christopher Robert William | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2023-08-24 |
| LYONS, Matthew William | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2013-11-01 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+15.5%
£19,922,000 £23,019,000
-
Cash
+42.3%
£3,454,000 £4,916,000
-
Net assets
+8.6%
£14,200,000 £15,428,000
-
Employees
+2.7%
150 154
-
Operating profit
+237.2%
£549,000 £1,851,000
-
Profit before tax
+231.7%
£558,000 £1,851,000
-
Wages
+12.7%
£4,301,000 £4,848,000
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