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LYELL TRADING LIMITED
Cash
£20M
+1,236.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£102M
-17.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£23M
+26.1% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 08747022
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2013-10-24
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Net assets
5-year trend · vs UK Fintech median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,496,923 | — | -£31,706,298 | -£23,440,874 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£30,682,119 | -£22,317,909 | |
| Cash | — | £10,817,646 | — | £1,478,277 | £19,759,480 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £125,341,917 | £101,791,575 | |
| Net assets | — | £109,577,235 | — | £123,115,436 | £101,791,575 | |
| Equity | — | £109,577,235 | £136,739,663 | £123,115,436 | £101,791,575 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Lyell Residential (Bankfield) Limited · 100% held · UK · Property development
- Lyell Residential (Hatton Garden) Limited · 100% held · UK · Property development
- Lyell (Lakes Resort) Limited · 100% held · UK · Property development
Significant events
- “On the 8th February 2024, a special resolution was passed to cancel and extinguish 13 ordinary shares of 1p each as part of a group reorganisation.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGIN INVESTMENTS LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2015-02-27 | — | — |
| COOK, Richard James | Director | 2013-10-24 | Jan 1978 | British |
| TROUGHTON, Andrew Samuel | Director | 2020-03-10 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Pauline Janet | Secretary | 2013-10-24 | 2015-02-27 |
| SIMMONDS, Richard Leonard | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2020-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley Trading Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-14 | Active |
| Blackfinch Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-05-14 | Active |
| Blackfinch Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 926 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CH04 | officers | change corporate secretary company with change date |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2026-01-22 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type medium |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-05-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-02-09 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2024-02-09 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2024-02-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2024-02-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-01-23 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-01-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-01-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-01-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory