LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-26
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+16.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+6.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
20
-9.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£551K
+69% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-26.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £4,056,903 | £3,938,494 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £406,096 | £614,153 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £325,973 | £550,859 | |
| Net profit | £463,158 | £252,519 | £244,056 | £505,319 | |
| Cash | £659,194 | £921,391 | £884,476 | £1,028,386 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,259,138 | £6,827,177 | £6,902,669 | £6,596,471 | |
| Net assets | £4,582,664 | £4,710,683 | £4,904,739 | £5,245,058 | |
| Equity | £4,582,664 | £4,710,683 | £4,904,739 | £5,245,058 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £103,704 | £100,578 | £99,527 | £104,936 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-2.9%
£4,056,903 £3,938,494
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Cash
+16.3%
£884,476 £1,028,386
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+6.9%
£4,904,739 £5,245,058
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-9.1%
22 20
lowest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+51.2%
£406,096 £614,153
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Profit before tax
+69%
£325,973 £550,859
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 10.0% | 15.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.0% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 5.9% | 9.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.29x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.86x | 9.58x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED 2012-06-18 → present
- LADYBIRD INDUSTRIES LIMITED 2002-05-30 → 2012-06-18
- LADYBIRD HOTELS LIMITED 2002-01-17 → 2002-05-30
- HOWARD BIRD & COMPANY LIMITED 1977-07-08 → 2002-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED · parent
- Whitney Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has an omnibus guarantee and set off agreements dated 1 October 2024 in favour of this groups banking arrangements, along with its fellow subsidiaries Ladybird Inns Limited and P & H Lift Trucks Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Ciara Ailish | Secretary | 2013-05-21 | — | — |
| BIRD, Christopher Howard | Director | — | Apr 1947 | British |
| BIRD, Robert Edward | Director | 2006-10-20 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Caroline Margaret | Secretary | — | 1996-06-02 |
| BIRD, Christopher Howard | Secretary | 1996-06-02 | 1997-05-01 |
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy, Mrs. | Secretary | 2001-10-19 | 2013-05-21 |
| MCKENZIE, Caroline | Secretary | 1997-05-01 | 2001-10-19 |
| BECK, Christopher | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| BIRD, Caroline Margaret | Director | — | 1996-06-02 |
| BIRD, Winifred | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy, Mrs. | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2016-07-12 |
| HAMMOND, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2004-01-16 | 2015-09-22 |
| HUTTON, Gary Arthur | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2001-06-13 |
| MCKENZIE, Caroline | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2001-10-19 |
| PRYDE, Robert Martin | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| REYNOLDS, Brian | Director | — | 1998-01-05 |
| SHARP, Jeremy Hambling | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-01-31 |
| TITMUS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| TOWNSEND, Alexander Paul | Director | — | 1999-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladybird Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.