THE LAKES DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£202K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£962K
Equity attributable
Employees
75
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£8M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-06-19
- THE LAKES DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED 2024-06-19 → present
- THE LAKES DISTILLERY COMPANY PLC 2018-10-12 → 2024-06-19
- THE LAKES DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED 2011-09-12 → 2018-10-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,799,000 | £8,592,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,284,000 | -£5,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,238,000 | -£7,711,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,139,000 | -£7,711,000 | |
| Cash | £541,000 | £202,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,951,000 | £1,404,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,639,000 | £962,000 | |
| Equity | £8,639,000 | £962,000 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 75 | |
| Wages | £3,010,000 | £3,535,000 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -39.4% | -62.8% | |
| Net margin | -19.6% | -89.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.0% | -384.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 96.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | -2.18x | -2.32x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company continues to invest in production of stocks which takes time to mature into saleable condition. As a result the company has sustained trading losses during the year and has a net liability position of £4,561,984 as at 31 December 2024 (2023: net asset position £8,639,000). The company has received confirmation from its parent company, that monies advanced to it will not be withdrawn at the detriment of other creditors and that further working capital funding will be provided as required, by the way of capital investment made by the directors into the ultimate parent company and distributed as required across the group.”
Significant events
- “The Company re-registered as a private company from a public company on 19 June 2024.”
- “On 18 July 2022 the Company entered into a new financing arrangement that replaced a secured convertible loan which was outstanding. This new £5,750,000, 5 year term loan also facilitated the repayment of a £195,000 secured bank loan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEEREMA, Eric Niels | Director | 2024-06-18 | Dec 1960 | Dutch |
| SLEEUWENHOEK, Hans Ronald | Director | 2024-06-18 | Sep 1959 | Dutch |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVISON, Andrew John | Secretary | 2018-08-28 | 2024-02-29 |
| FORSTER, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | 2024-06-18 |
| IAPICHINO, Alex | Secretary | 2024-06-18 | 2026-02-26 |
| CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-12 | 2018-08-29 |
| BALFOUR, Alan John | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2018-06-01 |
| BOLAM, Gillian | Director | 2014-02-07 | 2018-06-01 |
| CURRIE, Paul Richard | Director | 2012-05-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| FARAZMAND, Timothy Bahram Neville | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| HAIGH, Mark Richard Horton | Director | 2014-01-10 | 2018-06-01 |
| HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2013-08-21 |
| HUTTON, Richard John | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| JOBLING, Brian Henry | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2018-06-01 |
| LURIE, Suzanne Janet | Director | 2015-11-12 | 2018-01-16 |
| MARTIN, Moray Brebner | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| MILLS, Nigel John | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2024-06-18 |
| MORRIS, Philip | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2018-01-16 |
| MUTCH, David George | Director | 2014-01-10 | 2018-06-01 |
| NEEP, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| PENNEFATHER, James Richard Somerset | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| ROBINSON, David Peter | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| RUTHERFORD, Alan Gray, Dr | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2020-12-31 |
| SMITH, Charles Stewart | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2018-06-01 |
| STOKOE, Martin Geoffrey | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2018-06-01 |
| TAYLOR, Kirsten Amanda | Director | 2022-01-27 | 2024-06-18 |
| THORNTON, Gary John | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2018-06-01 |
| UPTON, Philip Peter Ferguson | Director | 2014-01-10 | 2018-06-01 |
| WILKINSON, Craig | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2024-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyetimber Wines And Spirits Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-11-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-25 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | 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
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2023-06-30