A.W.LUMB & CO.LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
-42.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
-10.2% vs 2024
Employees
89
+4.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.1m
-60.6% vs 2024
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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | — | £47,977,961 | £53,425,948 | +11.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£125,521 | £895,765 | £5,058,926 | +464.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £97,131 | £15,468,973 | £6,096,176 | -60.6% | |
| Net profit | £98,439 | £14,799,590 | £6,038,704 | -59.2% | |
| Cash | £6,219,998 | £4,731,725 | £2,722,464 | -42.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,632,751 | £20,190,585 | £18,358,959 | -9.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,360,066 | £19,176,069 | £17,222,372 | -10.2% | |
| Equity | £4,360,066 | £19,176,069 | £17,222,372 | -10.2% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 85 | 89 | +4.7% | |
| Wages | £246,401 | £3,394,620 | £3,681,406 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £121,564 | £532,770 | £627,263 | +17.7% |
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 | — | 1.9% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 30.8% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | 4.4% | 27.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.0% | 35.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 21.36x | 2.51x | 3.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | 46.13x | — |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company considers that it will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements having received a letter of support from Lords Group Trading plc, the ultimate parent company, to provide funding as required, in addition to not requiring the repayment of any amounts advanced to the Company by any members of the Group unless adequate alternative financing has been obtained by the Company.”
Group structure
- A.W.LUMB & CO.LIMITED · parent
- A.W.Lumb (Northern) Limited 100%
- A.W.Lumb (Midlands) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2026, the Group successfully re-financed the RCF and the IFF with a new £20.0 million Revolving Credit Facility (the 'New RCF') and £45.0 million invoice financing facility (the 'New IFF') with two banks expiring on 1 April 2029.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DURDANT-HOLLAMBY, Stephen Daniel | Director | 2025-09-26 | Sep 1973 | British |
| HARRISON, Helen Janet, Mrs. | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| KEAY, Martin Donald | Director | 2018-03-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2024-06-04 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PATEL, Shanker Bhupendrabhai | Director | 2022-02-28 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WARD, Darren Andrew | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, John Benjamin | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2013-09-04 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Christopher | Secretary | 2013-09-04 | 2022-02-28 |
| STOCK, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| WARD, Brian | Secretary | — | 2002-06-30 |
| COOPER, John Benjamin | Director | 2002-08-07 | 2017-03-31 |
| CURETON, Edward John | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| DAY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2024-05-17 |
| JONES, Trevor | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| LUMB, David | Director | — | 2002-08-20 |
| MCENTEE, Gavin Joseph | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2023-03-31 |
| SMITH, Michael Denis | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2022-02-28 |
| STOCK, Andrew John | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| WARD, Brian | Director | — | 2002-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lords Builders Merchants Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-04 | Active |
| Awlc Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2024-10-04 |
| Trustees Of The David Lumb Will Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-09-28 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-28 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-28 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.