LOCKERBIE BIOGAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
Cash
£284K
-18.2% vs 2022
Net assets
£368K
+285.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2023-05-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2023-05-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-11-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 2023-05-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £100 | £609,675 | £1,748 | £347,151 | £283,985 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | £7,106,502 | £9,482,034 | £14,951,794 | £16,673,768 | |
| Net assets | £100 | -£851 | -£1,936 | £95,369 | £367,970 | |
| Equity | £100 | -£851 | -£1,936 | £95,369 | £367,970 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the company has adequate resources and support available to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 June 2026. Therefore, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 7 May 2024, the 100 £1 ordinary shares of the company were purchased by Arla Foods Limited ('AFL'), who now own 100% of the company's share capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Anne-Frances | Director | 2024-05-07 | Jun 1972 | British |
| RUTTER, Louis | Director | 2024-05-07 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Gordon Joseph | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2021-12-21 |
| BOYD, Rory Ewen | Director | 2023-06-19 | 2024-05-07 |
| GAFFNEY, David | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2024-05-07 |
| O'DOWD, Mark Anthony | Director | 2020-03-14 | 2024-05-07 |
| O'DOWD, Mark Anthony | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2020-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arla Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-07 | Active |
| Mr Mark Anthony O'Dowd | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-22 | Ceased 2024-05-07 |
| Mr Gordon Joseph Archer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-22 | Ceased 2022-11-22 |
| Mr Gordon Joseph Archer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-02-21 | Ceased 2021-12-22 |
| Mr Mark Anthony O'Dowd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-02-21 | Ceased 2020-03-13 |
| Energy Law Unlimited Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-05-03 | Ceased 2019-02-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-05-31 vs 2022-05-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-18.2%
£347,151 £283,985
-
Net assets
+285.8%
£95,369 £367,970
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
0%
2 2
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