LAKER VENT ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£6.1m
+81.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+79.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
332
+82.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
+220.7% highest in 4 filed years
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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,121,000 | £21,508,000 | £26,405,000 | £48,784,000 | +84.8% | |
| Operating profit | £322,000 | £488,000 | £1,598,000 | £1,325,000 | £4,326,000 | +226.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £473,000 | £1,615,000 | £1,385,000 | £4,442,000 | +220.7% | |
| Net profit | £232,000 | £371,000 | £1,153,000 | £1,026,000 | £3,269,000 | +218.6% | |
| Cash | £2,201,000 | £1,936,000 | £2,307,000 | £3,349,000 | £6,081,000 | +81.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,652,000 | £1,966,000 | £3,205,000 | £4,077,000 | £7,210,000 | +76.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,448,000 | £1,819,000 | £3,152,000 | £3,996,000 | £7,172,000 | +79.5% | |
| Equity | £1,448,000 | £1,819,000 | £3,152,000 | £3,996,000 | £7,172,000 | +79.5% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 159 | 181 | 182 | 332 | +82.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £10,476,000 | £11,463,000 | £23,661,000 | +106.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £784,000 | £514,000 | £370,000 | -28% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £224,000 | £174,000 | £145,000 | -16.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £137,000 | £153,000 | £124,000 | -19% |
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 | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | 2026-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.0% | 7.4% | 5.0% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.3% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 24.8% | 49.9% | 32.5% | 60.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.3% | 64.7% | 60.4% | 49.1% | 49.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.60x | 2.01x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 24.77x | 32.53x | 99.88x | — | — |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the company will have sufficient funds to continue to pay its debts as and when they fall due and thus continue to trade for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1st April 2026, the company's ultimate controlling party changed from LV Parent Company Limited to UK Groupe M Ltd as a result of an acquisition.”
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 | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-01 | Active |
| Lv Engineering Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-05-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- 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.