LAZARD & CO., LIMITED
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Cash
£53m
+57.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£85m
+1.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£59k
+100.2% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
LAZARD & CO., LIMITED·Financials median
LAZARD & CO., LIMITED·Financials median
LAZARD & CO., LIMITED·Financials median
LAZARD & CO., LIMITED·Financials median
LAZARD & CO., LIMITED·Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £227,707,000 | £195,521,000 | £212,788,000 | +8.8% | |
| Operating profit | £31,049,000 | -£40,981,000 | -£9,311,000 | +77.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £34,685,000 | -£37,611,000 | £59,000 | +100.2% | |
| Net profit | £26,357,000 | -£28,601,000 | £1,432,000 | +105% | |
| Cash | £73,230,000 | £33,423,000 | £52,713,000 | +57.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £139,461,000 | £85,671,000 | £87,431,000 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | £136,859,000 | £83,258,000 | £84,690,000 | +1.7% | |
| Equity | £136,859,000 | £83,258,000 | £84,690,000 | +1.7% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £7,485,636 | £10,677,609 | +42.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.6% | -21.0% | -4.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | -14.6% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.3% | -47.8% | -10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.2% | 47.0% | 52.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.12x | 1.85x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 87.96x | -98.04x | -60.46x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LAZARD & CO., LIMITED 2002-04-29 → present
- LAZARD BANK LIMITED 2000-08-01 → 2002-04-29
- LAZARD BROTHERS & CO. LIMITED 1919-12-30 → 2000-08-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LAZARD & CO., LIMITED · parent
- Lazard Italy Limited 58.4%
- Lazard & Co., Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025 we completed our move to Lazard's new UK Headquarters which adheres to the UK Green Building Council framework for net-zero carbon emissions.”
- “The 2024 charge had been elevated by higher deferred compensation amortisation linked to a 48% rise in the Lazard Inc. share price.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 133 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Catharine Rebecca | Secretary | 2022-02-28 | — | — |
| FOSTER, Catharine Rebecca | Director | 2022-02-28 | Apr 1978 | British |
| KAPADIA, Cyrus | Director | 2019-09-09 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SPRINGHALL, Timothy David William | Director | 2022-03-28 | May 1968 | British |
| THE LORD PRIOR, David Gifford Leathes, Lord | Director | 2022-09-22 | Dec 1954 | British |
| WORTH, Samantha Victoria | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 133 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS, William David Wesley | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 2006-04-01 |
| EADY, Anthony James | Secretary | — | 1998-03-31 |
| FARRER-BROWN, Robert Jamieson | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2022-02-28 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Claire | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2007-03-15 |
| WATSON, Dicken Anthony George | Secretary | 2007-03-15 | 2007-05-31 |
| ADCOCK, Andrew John | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2000-08-01 |
| ADDE, Svante Lennart Stensson | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| AGIUS, Marcus Ambrose Paul | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| ALCOCK, Roger Edward | Director | — | 1996-10-10 |
| ANDERSON, David John Lane Freer | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| BALFE, John Paul | Director | 2000-06-07 | 2000-08-01 |
| BAUGHAN, Michael Christopher | Director | — | 2002-05-01 |
| BLAKENHAM, Michael John, Viscount | Director | — | 1997-05-02 |
| BLAKESLEY, Andrew Laurence | Director | — | 2002-05-06 |
| BOSE, Udayan | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| BOTTARI, Etienne David | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-05-26 |
| BOTTENHEIM, Michael Charles | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| BRAGGIOTTI, Gerardo | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| BROCK, Peter Edward | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-07-03 |
| BUIST-WELLS, William | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| BURRELL, Mark William | Director | — | 1997-05-02 |
| CATTO, Alexander Gordon, The Honourable | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| CLEGG, Robert Duncan | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| COLE, Victoria Clare | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2009-04-02 |
| COLLINS, John Robert | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| CONSTANT, Robert Ashley Meyricke | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| COSTAIN, Nigel Matthew Alfred | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| COVENEY, Anthony Michael | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-09-29 |
| CROSS BROWN, Tom | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| CUMMINGS, David Scott | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| DAVID-WEILL, Michel Alexandre | Director | — | 2002-12-01 |
| DAVIES, Richard James Guy | Director | — | 1993-06-11 |
| DAWNAY, Edward William | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| DAWSON, Jonathan Donald Sherlock | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| DE GIORGIS, Federico Row | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-12-31 |
| DE ROSNAY, Alexis Marc Joel Louis | Director | 2011-11-22 | 2012-03-21 |
| DEAR, John Simon | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| DENNIS, William David Wesley | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-04-01 |
| DUREY, Howard Ernest | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| EVANS, Laurence Adrian Waring | Director | — | 2002-04-14 |
| FARRER-BROWN, Robert Jamieson | Director | 2007-09-07 | 2022-02-28 |
| FISHER, Christopher Charles | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| FORNARA, Michael Carlo | Director | 1996-10-09 | 1999-07-20 |
| FRANCIS, Mark Cameron | Director | — | 1995-01-11 |
| FRASER, Ian James, Sir | Director | — | 1997-04-04 |
| GARDNER, Adrian David Edmund | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| GIDNEY, Mark Henry | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| GISMONDI, Paul Arthur | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2014-12-31 |
| GISMONDI, Paul Arthur | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| GLUCKLICH, Thomas Charles | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| GOBBO, Mario | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| GOODWIN, Julian Timothy Beswick | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-05-12 |
| HAAS, Jean-Claude | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| HACK, Jonathan Nicholas Bewick | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| HANSFORD, James Victor | Director | 2003-04-14 | 2005-05-10 |
| HEATON, Frances Anne | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| HEDGER, Sarah Ann | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| HILL, Christopher Nigel Colin | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-05-12 |
| HOCK, Peter George | Director | — | 2002-12-01 |
| JAMESON, Paul Andrew | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| JOHNSTON, Alexander David | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| JOLL, James Anthony Boyd | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| JONES, Keith | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1994-07-08 |
| JONES, Nicholas Michael Houssemayne | Director | — | 2004-12-17 |
| KELLY, Paul | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-06-15 |
| KIERNAN, Peter Anthony | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2010-02-10 |
| KILGOUR, Alastair Hugh | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2003-01-31 |
| KITCHEN, Jonathan Aistrope | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| KNAPTON, Peter Robert | Director | 1993-05-04 | 1994-05-19 |
| KNAPTON, Peter Robert | Director | — | 1995-04-20 |
| KOTLER, David George Heyden | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| LEONARD, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2005-07-28 | 2006-11-10 |
| LUKES, Neil Thomas | Director | — | 2001-01-01 |
| MACKAY, Neil Douglas Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-05-02 |
| MAKINSON, John Crowther | Director | 1996-03-13 | 2000-03-03 |
| MANNERS, Thomas Jasper, The Hon | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| MAXWELL-ARNOT, Patricia Jeanne | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| MCGONIGLE, Michael Frederick | Director | — | 1997-08-08 |
| MCMILLAN, Derek | Director | — | 2002-12-01 |
| MCNAUGHT, Andrew Robert | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| MELLUISH, Christopher Brunton | Director | — | 1996-06-02 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew John Bower, Rt Hon | Director | 2006-02-06 | 2009-06-19 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew John Bower, Rt Hon | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-12-01 |
| MOORE, Karen Bernice | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2004-04-30 |
| MOORE, Karen Bernice | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| MORA DEL RIO, Jesus Javier | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1999-01-29 |
| MOYES, Martin Gerald | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2002-12-01 |
| MYERS, Gregory Ridgeway | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2010-08-13 |
| NELSON, John | Director | — | 1998-10-23 |
| NEWEY, Peter, Mr. | Director | — | 1993-01-04 |
| NORMAN, Archibald John | Director | 2013-07-30 | 2019-09-09 |
| NORTHROP, Antony Patrick Clinton | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| OGLETHORPE, Christopher Miles | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2005-09-30 |
| OLIVER, Steven Wiles | Director | — | 1998-09-01 |
| ORR, John Carmichael | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2002-05-03 |
| ORSZAG, Peter Richard | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2021-12-21 |
| PACKSHAW, Charles Max | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| PARKES, Nicholas Stephen | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| PRYCE, Simon Charles Conrad | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-09-11 |
| REITMAN, David Herman Alfred | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| ROBERTS, Michael John | Director | — | 1994-03-05 |
| ROBSON, Samantha Anne | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2013-02-18 |
| ROSEN, Jeffrey Allen | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2019-11-21 |
| ROUNTREE, Robert James | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2021-12-21 |
| RUCKER, William John | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2023-09-15 |
| RUCKER, William John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| SCOTT, John | Director | 2007-09-27 | 2009-12-21 |
| SCOTT, John Philip Henry Schomberg | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| SHORT, Jonathan Ottley | Director | 1998-03-01 | 1999-12-03 |
| SHOTT, Nicholas Roland | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2021-05-01 |
| SHOTT, Nicholas Roland | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| SHRAGER, Andrew Henry | Director | — | 1992-08-01 |
| SILLEM, Jeremy | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2000-04-05 |
| SIMS, Carolyn | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2007-04-02 |
| STABLES, Richard Mark | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| STEVENSON, Henry Dennistoun, The Lord | Director | 1997-05-02 | 2000-03-03 |
| STONE, Jeremy Ron | Director | 1995-07-06 | 2001-12-31 |
| STONEHILL, Charles Gerald Thoroton | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2004-04-02 |
| SUPINO, David James | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-12-30 |
| TASHJIAN, David Lee | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2002-02-19 |
| TURNER, Philip Noel Nigel, Hon | Director | — | 2000-03-17 |
| TWINING, Dennis | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| VEREY, David John, Sir | Director | — | 2001-05-23 |
| WAMBOLD, Ali Edward | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
| WARD III, Charles Gould | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2007-06-04 |
| WARNER, Peter David | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2009-03-19 |
| WARNER, Peter David | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| WEST, James Glynn | Director | — | 1994-09-09 |
| WILFORD, John Maxwell Ashby | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| WILSON, Kevin Michael Hamilton | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| WINTERBOTHAM, James John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-08-31 |
| WYATT, Richard Edward John | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2005-03-11 |
| ZAHEEN, Mian Ershad | Director | — | 2000-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazard & Co., Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 516 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
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