LANCING COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LTD.
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Cash
£1.7M
+33.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2
-100% vs 2024
Employees
91
-3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£709K
+9.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,186,771 | £3,491,366 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £628,437 | £756,749 | +20.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £648,855 | £709,009 | +9.3% | |
| Net profit | £648,855 | £689,894 | +6.3% | |
| Cash | £1,244,143 | £1,661,967 | +33.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £41,556 | — | — | |
| Equity | £41,556 | £2 | -100% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 91 | -3.2% | |
| Wages | £960,845 | £1,245,060 | +29.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.7% | 21.7% | |
| Net margin | 20.4% | 19.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 1.00x |
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
- LANCING COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LTD. 2024-05-23 → present
- BUXBRASS LIMITED 1981-06-29 → 2024-05-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all factors and after reviewing the available evidence, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue operating for the foreseeable future and the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis”
Significant events
- “Lancing College Enterprises Ltd changed its name from Buxbrass Limited on 24 April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIBBERT, Benita Mary | Secretary | 2023-10-02 | — | — |
| BEEBY, Heather | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| HANCOCK, Timothy John Pennington | Director | 2019-09-01 | Mar 1955 | British |
| SLUMBERS, Martin Richard | Director | 2011-09-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| STAPLETON, Richard Harvey | Director | 2022-03-18 | Jan 1946 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTS, Hannah | Secretary | 2019-11-11 | 2023-10-02 |
| BULMAN, Pauline | Secretary | 1998-02-09 | 2018-08-31 |
| JONES, Tanya Louise | Secretary | 2018-11-09 | 2019-11-11 |
| LICKORISH, Keith Andrew | Secretary | — | 1998-02-09 |
| BRUNJES, Henry Otto, Dr | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2019-08-31 |
| GODWARD, Sally, Dr | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2023-03-17 |
| GURNEY, Simon John Okey | Director | 1995-02-13 | 2011-08-31 |
| REEVE, Robin Martin | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| VENTHAM, Arthur Nigel | Director | — | 1995-03-29 |
| WADDINGTON, David | Director | — | 2000-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing College Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.