LOWE AND FLETCHER LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
+22% vs 2024
Net assets
£19m
-14.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,050
-1.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3m
-72.1% vs 2024
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 | £87,621,934 | £86,826,684 | £87,897,862 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,027,144 | -£787,543 | -£2,079,587 | -164.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,784,473 | -£1,725,007 | -£2,967,988 | -72.1% | |
| Net profit | -£8,306,411 | -£2,153,391 | -£3,525,167 | -63.7% | |
| Cash | £3,160,225 | £2,029,179 | £2,475,338 | +22% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,289,877 | £25,737,587 | £23,377,565 | -9.2% | |
| Net assets | £26,155,488 | £21,888,651 | £18,696,580 | -14.6% | |
| Equity | £26,155,488 | £21,888,651 | £18,696,580 | -14.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,110 | 1,070 | 1,050 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | £29,692,855 | £29,969,950 | £31,812,379 | +6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,215,888 | £1,457,708 | £1,378,894 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £213,500 | £213,036 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £462,285 | £481,662 | £498,294 | +3.5% |
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 | -6.9% | -0.9% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -9.5% | -2.5% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.6% | -3.1% | -8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.9% | 56.9% | 61.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.35x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | -8.14x | -0.80x | -2.24x |
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
- LOWE AND FLETCHER LIMITED 1996-02-07 → present
- LOWE AND FLETCHER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1976-07-15 → 1996-02-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the Directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LOWE AND FLETCHER LIMITED · parent
- Euro Locks SA NV 76.7%
- Euro-Locks SA 76.7%
- Euro-Locks GmbH 76.7%
- Lowe & Fletcher Inc
- Vanguard Smoke and Fire Curtains 100%
- Euro-Locks Sp. z. o. o. 100%
- BLE Smoke and Fire Curtains Limited 100%
- Lowe and Fletcher (Wednesbury) Limited 100%
- A Cooper Group Limited 100%
- Coopers Fire Limited 100%
- A Cooper Properties Limited 100%
- Coopers Drives & Controls Limited 100%
- Coopers Weaving Limited 50%
- BLE (Holdings) Limited 100%
- J.H.S. (UK) Limited 100%
- Electrolok Company (Security) Limited 100%
- Lowe & Fletcher International Limited 100%
- Sandycott Limited 100%
- Simpkin Machin & Company Limited 100%
- Bradley Lomas Electrolok Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2025, the Company transferred the manufacturing related trade and assets to a wholly owned subsidiary, Lowe and Fletcher (Wednesbury) Limited, as part of a group reorganisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRT, Giles | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | — | British |
| AVERY, Tobias | Director | 2026-07-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BIRT, Giles | Director | 1997-01-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| BROADBENT, Justin David Ralph | Director | 2000-02-11 | Apr 1958 | British |
| TREVOR-JONES, Harry Hugh | Director | 2021-01-01 | Oct 1986 | British |
| TREVOR-JONES, Hugh Philip | Director | — | Feb 1958 | British |
| ZIMMERMANN, Jan | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREVOR-JONES, Ann Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1995-01-01 |
| AMEY, Allan William | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| BARBER, Stanley Vernon | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| BLACK, Christopher Angus | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CERON, Daniel | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| CROOK, Jonathan Ian | Director | 2024-01-08 | 2025-08-06 |
| CUTHBERTSON, William Ronald | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| DORMON, Patrick Brian | Director | 2014-03-10 | 2015-10-31 |
| LANE, Michael John Reginald | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| MASON, Roy | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2026-05-15 |
| NICHOLAS, Graham Sidney | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| SCOTT, Martyn John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2004-09-01 |
| SOLE, Simon John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| TITLEY, William Albert | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| TREVOR JONES, Douglas Bernard | Director | — | 2009-02-21 |
| TREVOR-JONES, Philip | Director | — | 2001-08-20 |
| WALKER, Philip George | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2024-07-31 |
| WATSON, Ronald Frame | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugh Philip Trevor-Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Gj Robinson's Children's Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.