W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£948k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£45m
Equity attributable
Employees
30
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£971k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,627,986 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£937,085 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£970,918 | — | |
| Net profit | -£600,640 | — | |
| Cash | £947,650 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,457,394 | — | |
| Net assets | £44,589,829 | — | |
| Equity | £44,589,829 | — | |
| Average employees | 30 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £557,718 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,188 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £229,667 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -16.7% | |
| Net margin | -10.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.18x | |
| Interest cover | -10.70x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED 1983-02-17 → present
- W.T.LAMB & SONS LIMITED 1947-12-31 → 1983-02-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- W.T. Lamb & Sons Limited 100%
- W.T. Lamb Properties Limited 100%
- W.T. Lamb Investments Limited 100%
- Cremer, Whiting & Co Limited 100%
- Newington Bricks Limited 100%
- Holborn Nominees Limited 100%
- Lambs Terracotta & Faience Limited 100%
- Nyewood Brick Company Limited 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Robert | Secretary | 2017-05-08 | — | — |
| LAMB, James Robin Cardain | Director | 2001-09-21 | Apr 1966 | British |
| LAMB, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2001-09-21 | Apr 1971 | British |
| LAMB, Robin Antony | Director | — | Jul 1938 | British |
| SMITH, Robert Graham | Director | 2019-02-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Colin | Secretary | 2008-06-19 | 2017-05-07 |
| JEFFS, Graham Alan | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2009-08-10 |
| KENNETT, Ian | Secretary | — | 2006-01-16 |
| SPEER, Keith Charles | Secretary | 2006-01-16 | 2008-03-28 |
| BRACKLEY, Brian James | Director | — | 2004-09-16 |
| LAMB, Richard | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| LAMB, Robert Harry Simms | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2020-12-09 |
| SALMON, Anthony David | Director | — | 1996-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.