LAND OPTIONS (WEST) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£8M
-4.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£367K
-113% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LAND OPTIONS (WEST) LIMITED 1999-08-24 → present
- LOTHIAN FIFTY (558) LIMITED 1999-01-11 → 1999-08-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£31,000 | -£39,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,830,000 | -£367,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,665,000 | -£357,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,440,000 | -£4,736,000 | |
| Net assets | -£7,656,000 | -£8,013,000 | |
| Equity | -£7,656,000 | -£8,013,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 382900.0% | 44616.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | -0.10x | -0.12x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is no longer actively trading, and there is no intention to do so in the future. Due to the Company's debt payable to external parties and to the NatWest Group companies, it remains in a net liability and negative equity position. Due to these factors, the Company has received a letter of support from its Parent company. The directors of the Company therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company, through the letter of support, has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet its financial obligations for the foreseeable future and for a period of twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Therefore, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company is no longer actively trading, and there is no intention to do so in the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATWEST GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-18 | — | — |
| CUMMINS, Fiona Katherine | Director | 2025-05-19 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSLEMONT, Deborah Susan | Secretary | 2008-03-19 | 2009-12-02 |
| ESSLEMONT, Deborah Susan | Secretary | 2000-11-23 | 2007-01-18 |
| HANKIN, Christina Ann | Secretary | 2007-01-18 | 2008-03-19 |
| MACGILLIVRAY, Shirley Margaret | Secretary | 1999-03-31 | 2000-11-23 |
| NICHOLSON, Andrew James | Secretary | 2009-12-02 | 2019-06-18 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-01-11 | 1999-03-31 |
| BEATTIE, Robert Henry | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2003-04-17 |
| EARLIE, Robert | Director | 1999-08-25 | 2007-02-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Roderick Andrew | Director | 2003-04-17 | 2010-09-06 |
| GRANT, David Clifford | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2025-12-31 |
| NICOL, Ian Fraser | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-10-10 |
| ROWNEY, James Mccubbin | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2025-05-19 |
| ROWNEY, James Mccubbin | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2008-12-12 |
| ROWNEY, James Mccubbin | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2000-03-14 |
| SAMUEL, Lloyd William Bain | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2011-06-29 |
| TURNBULL, Barbara Ida Mary | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2015-10-23 |
| TURNBULL, Barbara Ida Mary | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2000-08-25 |
| WALKER, Terence | Director | 1999-08-25 | 2011-06-29 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-01-11 | 1999-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-03-05 | Active |
| West Register (Realisations) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.7%
-£7,656,000 -£8,013,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-25.8%
-£31,000 -£39,000
-
Profit before tax
-113%
£2,830,000 -£367,000
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