LAWSON TRAILER RENTALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+22.3% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+4.2% vs 2024
Employees
92
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £814,617 | £679,147 | |
| Cash | £2,574,580 | £2,544,219 | £2,551,683 | £2,648,487 | £3,186,224 | £3,897,436 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £12,618,123 | £13,093,980 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £12,496,349 | £13,023,246 | |
| Equity | — | — | £15,891,017 | £17,276,164 | £12,496,349 | £13,023,246 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 93 | 92 | |
| 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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the company, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- LAWSON TRAILER RENTALS LIMITED · parent
- Harry Lawson Haulage Ltd 100%
- Harry Lawson Ltd 100%
- Harry Lawson Tankers Ltd 100%
- Harry Lawson Transport Ltd 100%
- Lawson Properties Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “2025 has seen another extremely positive year and a record breaking turnover for the group, superseding the previous high set back in 2023. Turnover increased by 8.5% to £14.84m (2024 - £13.68m) and operating profit increased by 19.5% to £1.41m (2024 - £1.18m).”
- “The group continues to face external cost pressures (predominantly fuel) which it cannot always pass on in full to the customer and the Directors continue to monitor costs closely to ensure appropriate margins are maintained.”
- “The haulage sector continues to see high operating costs, driver shortages and pressure to reduce its environmental impact.”
- “The business operates in a highly competitive market.”
- “Government policy is continually changing with regards to environmental and compliance issues which could impact the business.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, Catherine Mary | Secretary | — | — | British |
| LAWSON, Catherine Mary | Director | — | Jul 1951 | British |
| LAWSON, Harry Stephen | Director | — | Sep 1943 | British |
| LAWSON, Michael Stephen | Director | 2010-05-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Harry Stephen Lawson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+22.3%
£3,186,224 £3,897,436
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£12,496,349 £13,023,246
-
Employees
-1.1%
93 92
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