LIMEHOUSE PAPERBOARD MILLS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
-40.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.4m
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£502k
-47.9% lowest in 3 filed years
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
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £13,363,000 | £13,449,000 | £12,224,000 | -9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £891,000 | £928,000 | £487,000 | -47.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £905,000 | £963,000 | £502,000 | -47.9% | |
| Net profit | £619,000 | £697,000 | £376,000 | -46.1% | |
| Cash | £2,146,000 | £2,336,000 | £1,394,000 | -40.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,037,000 | £7,600,000 | £8,013,000 | +5.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,534,000 | £7,096,000 | £7,359,000 | +3.7% | |
| Equity | £6,534,000 | £7,096,000 | £7,359,000 | +3.7% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 60 | 59 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £2,482,000 | £2,765,000 | £2,557,000 | -7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £861,000 | £918,000 | £541,000 | -41.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,000 | £6,000 | £6,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £311,000 | £313,000 | £223,000 | -28.8% |
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 | 6.7% | 6.9% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 5.2% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 12.2% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.0% | 25.3% | 21.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.21x | 3.44x | 4.05x | |
| Interest cover | 74.25x | 84.36x | 44.27x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lambert Chapman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Since the balance sheet date, Clare Taylor-Green has been appointed as Company Director on 1st January 2026.”
- “In April 2026, Alex Hough... assumed the role of Managing Director from Shaun Hough.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR-GREEN, Clare Lorraine | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| FRASER, David Hazeldine | Director | 2011-05-31 | Aug 1952 | British |
| HOUGH, Alexander James | Director | 2017-02-01 | May 1982 | English |
| HOUGH, James Vernon Waldegrave | Director | — | Jan 1952 | English |
| HOUGH, Shaun Maxwell | Director | 1992-02-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| TAYLOR-GREEN, Clare Lorraine | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Kenneth Charles | Secretary | — | 2005-12-01 |
| GOODEY, Janet June | Secretary | 2005-12-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| O'BRIEN, Patrick John | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| BAILEY, Kenneth Charles | Director | — | 2025-10-31 |
| FRASER, David Hazeldine | Director | — | 2009-08-31 |
| HOUGH, Anthony Derrick Valentine | Director | — | 2000-04-24 |
| O'BRIEN, Patrick John | Director | 2023-06-21 | 2025-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Vernon Waldergrave Hough | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) | 2017-04-02 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.