LYELL TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+1,236.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£102M
-17.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£23M
+26.1% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- LYELL TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Lyell Residential (Bankfield) Limited 100%
- Lyell Residential (Hatton Garden) Limited 100%
- Lyell (Lakes Resort) Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+1,236.7%
£1,478,277 £19,759,480
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-17.3%
£123,115,436 £101,791,575
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+26.1%
-£31,706,298 -£23,440,874
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers