LOCK BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28K
-85% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-65.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6M
-14.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LOCK BIDCO LIMITED 2014-12-17 → present
- BDC BIDCO 67 LIMITED 2014-10-17 → 2014-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,589,000 | -£6,414,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,589,000 | -£6,414,000 | |
| Cash | £187,000 | £28,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,249,000 | £66,618,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,758,000 | £3,344,000 | |
| Equity | £9,758,000 | £3,344,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.1% | 96.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors believe this is appropriate as the Company's parent has undertaken to ensure necessary funds are available. Despite macro-economic uncertainty, the Directors are confident the Group will sustain profitability and cash flow.”
Group structure
- LOCK BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Marketing VF Limited 100%
- MVF US LLC 100%
- Software Vergeljiken B. V 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no material post balance sheet events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Thomas Frederick | Director | 2025-09-02 | Mar 1977 | British |
| THAL, David | Director | 2025-09-05 | Jun 1983 | Irish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTER, Charles Stuart John | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2014-12-17 |
| BLACK, Michael Norman | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2015-02-16 |
| DEEMING, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2025-09-05 |
| GUNNER, Paul Richard | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2014-12-17 |
| HARKNESS, Andrew Peter | Director | 2021-02-09 | 2023-12-14 |
| HOPKINSON, Julian Joseph | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2021-03-26 |
| LAWSON, Robin Arthur Jordan | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2015-02-16 |
| MORGAN, Thomas Frederick | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2021-03-26 |
| SHARPE, Titus Charles Alexander | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2021-03-26 |
| TEIXEIRA, Michael John | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2023-06-26 |
| TOBIN, Daniel Christopher | Director | 2021-02-09 | 2023-12-14 |
| WINN, Michael Nicholas | Director | 2020-11-03 | 2025-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lock Midco 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-85%
£187,000 £28,000
-
Net assets
-65.7%
£9,758,000 £3,344,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-14.8%
-£5,589,000 -£6,414,000
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