LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Get an alert when LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-07 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-24
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£175M
+30.7% vs 2024
Employees
500
+6.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
+281% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,945,000 | £72,653,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£829,000 | £4,862,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,259,000 | £9,518,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,259,000 | £9,518,000 | |
| Cash | £5,187,000 | £5,007,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,100,000 | £109,760,000 | |
| Net assets | £133,544,000 | £174,506,000 | |
| Equity | £133,544,000 | £174,506,000 | |
| Average employees | 469 | 500 | |
| Wages | £31,596,000 | £33,421,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.3% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | 13.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | -0.61x | 3.77x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, it is considered that the majority of the Group and Company's income for the foreseeable future is secure, and the Directors have therefore adopted the going concern basis for the preparation of these accounts.”
Group structure
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION · parent
- Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
Significant events
- “Government announces an additional £1.3 billion in funding for councils in the Autumn Budget (October 2024).”
- “Government's English Devolution White Paper published (December 2024) brought significant changes to local government.”
- “Planning and Infrastructure Bill published (March 2025) included key lobbying asks for councils.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOBER, Thelma Pamela | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, Stephen Alexis | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BENTLEY, Kevin Paul, Cllr | Director | 2023-07-04 | Apr 1964 | British |
| BROWN, Abigail Margaret | Director | 2023-07-04 | Oct 1978 | British |
| CHAPMAN-ALLEN, Samuel Hayden | Director | 2025-07-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| COOPER, Andrew Varah | Director | 2025-07-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| CRAIG, Beverley Anne, Councillor | Director | 2023-07-04 | Jan 1985 | British |
| DALTON, Hannah Charlotte Emily | Director | 2025-07-18 | Apr 1974 | British |
| GITTINS, Louise Clare, Cllr | Director | 2024-07-02 | Mar 1960 | British |
| HARRIS, Joseph, Cllr | Director | 2021-07-06 | Feb 1993 | British |
| HOLLAND, Claire Kathleen, Councillor | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HOPGOOD, Amanda Jayne, Cllr | Director | 2024-07-02 | Jun 1970 | British |
| MASON, Peter Elijah Jonathan, Cllr | Director | 2024-07-02 | Nov 1985 | British |
| OLIVER, Timothy Gerald | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1961 | English |
| SANKEY, Isabella, Cllr | Director | 2024-07-02 | Apr 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Bridget Zoe Dorrington, Councillor | Director | 2021-07-06 | Apr 1959 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOWAY, Claire | Secretary | 2018-03-07 | 2024-12-05 |
| ALDEN, Robert James Cambary, Cllr | Director | 2018-07-03 | 2023-07-04 |
| ANSTEE, Sean | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-07-03 |
| BOX, Peter | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-11-30 |
| BRAMBLE, Anntoinette, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2023-07-04 |
| BRAMBLE, Anntoinette, Cllr | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2021-08-05 |
| BRIGHT, Morris | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2024-07-02 |
| CALISKAN, Nesil | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2023-07-04 |
| CALISKAN, Nesil | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2024-07-02 |
| CARTER, Paul | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-07-04 |
| CARTER, Paul Benedict Crossland, Sir | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-07-31 |
| DALTON, Hannah Charlotte Emily | Director | 2021-07-06 | 2023-07-04 |
| DAVIES, Shaun, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2023-07-04 |
| DAVIES, Shaun, Cllr | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2024-07-05 |
| DOMBEY, Ruth Carole | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2021-07-06 |
| EVANS, Tudor, Councillor | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2023-07-04 |
| FLEMING, Peter Mountford | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-07-03 |
| FORBES, Nicholas Iain | Director | 2018-02-25 | 2022-05-05 |
| FOTHERGILL, David John Andrew, Cllr | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2026-03-13 |
| FULLER, John Charles | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2023-07-04 |
| GOULD, Georgia Anne Rebuck | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2024-07-02 |
| JACKSON, Caroline | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2025-07-01 |
| JAMIESON, James Gerard | Director | 2018-07-03 | 2023-07-04 |
| LORD PORTER OF SPALDING, Gary Andrew, Lord | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2019-07-04 |
| MURPHY, Susan, Cllr | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-07-03 |
| O'NEILL, Teresa Ann Jade, Baroness | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-07-04 |
| OVERTON, Marianne Jane | Director | 2018-02-25 | 2025-07-01 |
| PANDOR, Shabir, Cllr | Director | 2021-08-06 | 2022-06-28 |
| PAYNE, Michael Richard | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2024-07-02 |
| PECK, Elizabeth, Cllr | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-06-01 |
| PROCTOR, Andrew James | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2020-02-07 |
| REEVE, Peter David | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-05-01 |
| SECCOMBE, Isobel Elizabeth | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2025-05-07 |
| SIMMONDS, David Timothy | Director | 2018-02-25 | 2019-12-31 |
| SYKES, Howard, Councillor | Director | 2018-02-25 | 2021-07-06 |
| WESTERN, Anne | Director | 2018-07-03 | 2020-02-17 |
| WOODBRIDGE, Clive David | Director | 2018-07-03 | 2021-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Gary Andrew Porter | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-30 | Ceased 2018-07-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+13.6%
£63,945,000 £72,653,000
-
Cash
-3.5%
£5,187,000 £5,007,000
-
Net assets
+30.7%
£133,544,000 £174,506,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
469 500
-
Operating profit
+686.5%
-£829,000 £4,862,000
-
Profit before tax
+281%
-£5,259,000 £9,518,000
-
Wages
+5.8%
£31,596,000 £33,421,000
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