LINGWOOD ESTATES PLC
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Cash
£815k
+1,072.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.6m
-8.7% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£633k
-105.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £420,039 | £423,881 | +0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £307,791 | £88,922 | -71.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£307,486 | -£633,081 | -105.9% | |
| Net profit | -£307,486 | -£633,081 | -105.9% | |
| Cash | £69,514 | £814,782 | +1,072.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,856,420 | £11,125,681 | -6.2% | |
| Net assets | £7,280,068 | £6,646,987 | -8.7% | |
| Equity | £7,280,068 | £6,646,987 | -8.7% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | £22,339 | £166,700 | +646.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £22,339 | £166,700 | +646.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £11,000 | -8.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 73.3% | 21.0% | |
| Net margin | -73.2% | -149.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.3% | 40.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 19.16x | |
| Interest cover | 1.02x | 0.29x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors do not consider there to be any material uncertainties over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LINGWOOD ESTATES PLC · parent
- Lingwood Estates (Chelsea) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Cheltenham) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Chilton) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Kingston) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Oxford) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Services) Limited 100%
- Lingwood Estates (Summertown) Limited 100%
- Oxford Canal Investment Properties Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The premises at 4 Church Street & 21 Union Street, Kingston-on-Thames was sold on 23 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTHOUSE, Helen Francine | Secretary | 2021-03-30 | — | — |
| KING, Gerald Howard | Director | — | May 1932 | British |
| KING, Ismay Agnes | Director | — | Jul 1932 | British |
| KING THOMPSON, Hilary Anne | Director | — | Jul 1965 | British |
| KING-THOMPSON, Toby Nedworth | Director | 2018-07-02 | Apr 1996 | British |
| SHORTHOUSE, Helen Francine | Director | — | Jan 1962 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Ismay Agnes | Secretary | — | 2021-03-30 |
| KING-THOMPSON, James Howard Ingram | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2016-11-22 |
| KING-THOMPSON, Toby Nedworth | Director | 2012-04-22 | 2016-11-22 |
| THOMPSON, Clive Mark Ingram | Director | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Hilary Anne King-Thompson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-30 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Francine Shorthouse | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.