LONDON & COUNTRY MORTGAGES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-16
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£15M
+68.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+50.9% vs 2023
Employees
854
-3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+274.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-16.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,676,945 | £62,626,094 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,481,028 | £4,169,295 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,471,741 | £4,323,108 | |
| Net profit | -£1,789,219 | £3,233,002 | |
| Cash | £8,915,022 | £15,041,628 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,749,009 | £13,629,059 | |
| Net assets | £6,362,369 | £9,600,440 | |
| Equity | £6,362,369 | £9,600,440 | |
| Average employees | 886 | 854 | |
| Wages | £33,789,243 | £36,524,492 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £500,553 | £424,034 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+16.7%
£53,676,945 £62,626,094
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Cash
+68.7%
£8,915,022 £15,041,628
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Net assets
+50.9%
£6,362,369 £9,600,440
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Employees
-3.6%
886 854
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Operating profit
+268%
-£2,481,028 £4,169,295
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Profit before tax
+274.9%
-£2,471,741 £4,323,108
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Wages
+8.1%
£33,789,243 £36,524,492
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -3.3% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -25.4% | 30.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 2.36x |
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
- LONDON & COUNTRY MORTGAGES LIMITED 1987-01-19 → present
- LINCOLN'S INN MORTGAGE SERVICES LIMITED 1986-02-12 → 1987-01-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- 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. 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.”
Significant events
- “2024 marked a transformative year for L&C with a return to profitability for the first time since 2019.”
- “The mortgage market experienced a return to more favourable trading conditions in 2024 with total Gross Lending increasing to £242bn (2023: £224bn)”
- “A key driver of our success was the continued investment in leadership, with several high-calibre appointments to ExCo.”
- “L&C has committed to investing a significant amount of capital into new technology which will deliver material enhancements to the customer and colleague POS journey”
- “in December 2024 the Board approved a multimillion-pound technology transformation programme.”
- “created a Head of impact and Inclusion role in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, David | Secretary | 2024-07-05 | — | — |
| EDGE, Michael Robert | Director | — | May 1955 | British |
| HARRINGTON, Mark Philip | Director | 2024-04-16 | Jun 1976 | British |
| RICKARDS, Philip Martin | Director | 2022-09-26 | Dec 1967 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Andrew Benedict | Director | 2026-01-13 | Oct 1985 | British |
| WILDMAN, Nicola Tracey | Director | 2022-12-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGE, Michael Robert | Secretary | — | 2013-09-30 |
| LOFTUS, David John | Secretary | 2021-08-18 | 2024-07-05 |
| MILLS, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | 2021-01-20 | 2021-08-18 |
| WINEMAN, Vivian | Secretary | 2001-05-21 | 2013-09-30 |
| ALDRIDGE, Michael Paul | Director | 2010-02-26 | 2018-01-09 |
| BLOOR, Robin Geoffrey Rawson | Director | 1995-06-26 | 2000-10-17 |
| BROWN, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2023-07-14 |
| BUNTON, Patrick John | Director | 2003-05-27 | 2018-01-09 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Philip Ronald | Director | 1997-03-24 | 2020-03-04 |
| CHADWICK, Michael | Director | — | 2000-09-18 |
| COOK, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2003-05-27 | 2018-01-09 |
| CROCKER, Duncan | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2018-01-09 |
| FLOYDD, William James Spencer | Director | 2018-01-09 | 2018-04-26 |
| HARRISON, Jane | Director | 2003-05-27 | 2018-01-09 |
| KINNEY, Alexandra Brigid | Director | 2019-01-18 | 2021-12-11 |
| LAWSON, Clive Robert | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2022-07-01 |
| LOFTUS, David John | Director | 2015-06-11 | 2021-01-20 |
| LUKASZEK, Nicholas | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-08-29 |
| MACHIN, Katrina Jane | Director | 2019-01-18 | 2022-07-12 |
| MERRY, Steven John | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2021-11-16 |
| MERRY, Steven John | Director | 2015-07-27 | 2018-01-09 |
| MILLS, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2021-03-03 | 2022-10-31 |
| MONTGOMERY, Alistair Robert John | Director | 2023-08-29 | 2026-01-13 |
| SPOURS, Geoffrey Neil | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2018-01-09 |
| YOUNG, Alan James | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experian Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-09 | Active |
| Restors Uk | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-09 |
| Mike Edge Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-09 |
| Mr Michael Robert Edge | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 676 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-13 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-01-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-13 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 10
- 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.