LAKER VENT ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+45.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+26.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
182
+0.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
-14.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-28 | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £21,508,000 | £26,405,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £322,000 | — | — | £1,598,000 | £1,325,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £473,000 | £1,229,000 | £1,615,000 | £1,385,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £232,000 | — | £992,000 | £1,153,000 | £1,026,000 | |
| Cash | — | £2,201,000 | £1,936,000 | £1,940,000 | £2,307,000 | £3,349,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,652,000 | £1,966,000 | £2,741,000 | £3,205,000 | £4,077,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,448,000 | £1,819,000 | £2,681,000 | £3,152,000 | £3,996,000 | |
| Equity | £1,322,000 | £1,448,000 | £1,819,000 | £2,681,000 | £3,152,000 | £3,996,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 147 | 159 | 173 | 181 | 182 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £10,476,000 | £11,463,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £560,000 | £514,000 |
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 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
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Turnover
+22.8%
£21,508,000 £26,405,000
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Cash
+45.2%
£2,307,000 £3,349,000
highest in 5 filed years
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Net assets
+26.8%
£3,152,000 £3,996,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+0.6%
181 182
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-17.1%
£1,598,000 £1,325,000
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Profit before tax
-14.2%
£1,615,000 £1,385,000
-
Wages
+9.4%
£10,476,000 £11,463,000
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 | 2020-03-28 | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.4% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 19.5% | — | — | 49.9% | 32.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 60.4% | 49.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.60x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | 24.77x | — | — | 99.88x | 101.92x |
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
- LAKER VENT ENGINEERING LIMITED 1990-10-29 → present
- R.B.V. LIMITED 1986-03-18 → 1990-10-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that it is well placed to manage its financing and other business risks satisfactorily and have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operation for at least twelve months from the signing date of these financial statements. They therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company paid equity dividends of £93,333 on 1 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCH, Pierre-Laurent Bernard | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1988 | French |
| VENTRE, Thomas James | Director | 2021-12-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
| GROUPE M SAS | Corporate Director | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHE, John Edward | Secretary | 2019-04-05 | 2026-04-01 |
| ASHE, John Edward | Secretary | 1995-09-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Alan William | Secretary | 1993-09-30 | 1995-01-31 |
| JONES, Philip Andrew | Secretary | 1995-01-31 | 1995-09-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Timothy Henry | Secretary | 2017-04-02 | 2019-04-05 |
| VENTRE, Anthony | Secretary | — | 1992-01-31 |
| VENTRE, Robert | Secretary | 1992-02-01 | 1993-08-28 |
| ASHE, John Edward | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| ASHE, John Edward | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| KIDD, Alan Henry | Director | 1994-12-19 | 1995-03-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Timothy Henry | Director | 2017-04-02 | 2019-04-05 |
| VENTRE, Anthony | Director | — | 1992-01-31 |
| VENTRE, Colin | Director | 1992-02-01 | 2023-08-06 |
| VENTRE, Joseph | Director | — | 2003-07-31 |
| VENTRE, Michael | Director | 1993-09-30 | 2026-04-01 |
| VENTRE, Paul | Director | — | 2026-04-01 |
| VENTRE, Richard George | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| VENTRE, Richard George | Director | 1994-12-19 | 2017-04-01 |
| VENTRE, Robert | Director | — | 1993-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Groupe M Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-01 | Active |
| Lv Engineering Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.