LONGWORTH SPECIALIST SERVICES LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+49.7% vs 2024
Employees
90
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+28.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LONGWORTH SPECIALIST SERVICES LTD 2021-03-30 → present
- LONGWORTH GROUP LIMITED 2020-03-10 → 2021-03-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,422,313 | £24,364,803 | |
| Operating profit | £2,018,543 | £2,596,496 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,040,299 | £2,625,141 | |
| Net profit | £1,480,910 | £1,836,146 | |
| Cash | £3,542,135 | £2,187,677 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,328,085 | £4,756,325 | |
| Net assets | £3,165,544 | £4,739,862 | |
| Equity | £3,165,544 | £4,739,862 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 90 | |
| Wages | £3,631,514 | £3,955,257 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 60.7% | 54.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 67.09x | 185.56x |
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
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LONGWORTH SPECIALIST SERVICES LTD · parent
- Longworth Group Ltd 0.61%
- Longworth Building Services Ltd 0.61%
- Longworth Hard Metals Ltd 0.488%
- Longworth Architectural Louvres Ltd 0.61%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Steven Ellis | Secretary | 2020-03-10 | — | — |
| JONES, Steven Ellis | Director | 2020-03-10 | Feb 1981 | British |
| SMITH, Karl Thomas | Director | 2020-03-10 | May 1987 | British |
| SMITH, Lee | Director | 2022-11-18 | Sep 1980 | English |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven Ellis Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-10 | Active |
| Karl Thomas Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-03-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-03-30 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2021-02-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-03-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-03-30 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2021-02-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-03-10 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-0.2%
£24,422,313 £24,364,803
-
Cash
-38.2%
£3,542,135 £2,187,677
-
Net assets
+49.7%
£3,165,544 £4,739,862
-
Employees
+7.1%
84 90
-
Operating profit
+28.6%
£2,018,543 £2,596,496
-
Profit before tax
+28.7%
£2,040,299 £2,625,141
-
Wages
+8.9%
£3,631,514 £3,955,257
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