PRATER LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-05 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-21

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+14.4% vs 2023

Net assets

-£16M

+3.5% vs 2023

Employees

-16.7% lowest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£621K

+587.6% first positive since 2023

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

PRATER LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£93,481,383	—	£65,008,718	—	£45,091,052	—	£31,502,966	—	£63,895,635	£10,721,361
Operating profit	£1,871,591	—	-£9,441,835	—	£2,034,975	—	-£27,883,268	—	-£127,280	£928,480
Profit before tax	£2,002,788	—	-£9,433,212	—	£2,049,866	—	-£27,854,971	—	-£127,280	£620,592
Net profit	£1,669,462	—	-£8,135,898	—	£2,844,098	—	-£26,739,805	—	-£99,773	£600,017
Cash	£8,849,086	—	£9,066,805	—	£3,245,825	—	£3,928,763	—	£1,443,360	£1,650,680
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Net assets	£25,531,321	—	£17,395,423	—	£2,250,521	—	-£21,289,284	—	-£17,089,057	-£16,489,040
Equity	£25,531,321	£25,531,321	£17,395,423	£17,395,423	£2,250,521	£2,250,521	-£21,289,284	-£21,289,284	-£17,089,057	-£16,489,040
Average employees	374	—	261	—	260	—	6	—	6	5
Wages	£22,659,158	—	£15,122,456	—	£6,549,661	—	—	—	—	—
Directors' remuneration	£1,681,538	—	£1,379,034	—	£416,903	—	—	—	—	—

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

Turnover

-83.2%

£63,895,635 £10,721,361

lowest in 6 filed years
Cash

+14.4%

£1,443,360 £1,650,680
Net assets

+3.5%

-£17,089,057 -£16,489,040
Employees

-16.7%

6 5

lowest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+829.5%

-£127,280 £928,480

first positive since 2023
Profit before tax

+587.6%

-£127,280 £620,592

first positive since 2023

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	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	2.0%	—	-14.5%	—	4.5%	—	-88.5%	—	-0.2%	8.7%
Net margin	1.8%	—	-12.5%	—	6.3%	—	-84.9%	—	-0.2%	5.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.74x	1.13x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.02x

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

PRATER LIMITED 2003-02-12 → present
PRATER ROOFING LIMITED 1987-03-06 → 2003-02-12

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: MHA
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.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 21 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
FEGBEUTEL, Andreas Joachim	Secretary	2020-04-14	—	—
HAMBLETT, Gavin Dixon	Director	2009-07-01	Aug 1972	British
ROBERTS, Christopher	Director	2018-07-01	Nov 1975	British
SMITH, Kevin Michael	Director	2016-01-01	Jun 1979	British

Show 21 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DAVIES, Richard John	Secretary	—	2018-06-01
WHILLANS, David Bowie	Secretary	2018-06-01	2020-04-14
BIRKBECK, Anthony Leslie	Director	—	2017-12-31
BRAUTIGAM, Nicholas Clive	Director	—	2001-11-27
CULLING, John Charles	Director	2002-07-10	2009-12-31
DAVIES, Richard John	Director	—	2018-06-01
EHGARTNER, Stefan	Director	2018-03-28	2020-04-29
FEGBEUTEL, Andreas Joachim	Director	2020-04-14	2025-10-01
FOSTER, Stephen James	Director	2017-06-01	2021-06-01
GALAVAN, David John	Director	2001-07-12	2017-12-31
LEACH, Chris	Director	2002-07-10	2017-12-31
NEWMAN, Andrew John	Director	2001-05-01	2020-12-01
PRATER, Michael Edward	Director	—	2016-04-29
PRATER, Susan Mary	Director	—	2006-06-23
UNWIN, Richard David	Director	2002-07-10	2022-07-07
WAX, Juergen Christian	Director	2011-05-06	2014-03-31
WEBBER, Raymond	Director	—	1994-12-31
WEILEDER, Herbert	Director	2014-04-01	2018-03-28
WHILLIANS, David Bowie	Director	2018-01-01	2020-07-23
WHITING, Stuart James	Director	2016-06-01	2024-07-23
WOOD, Philip James	Director	2013-01-01	2015-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Lindner Exteriors Holding Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2022-03-16	Active
Lindner Prater Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2021-04-15	Ceased 2022-03-16
Rayfix Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-09-29

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 197 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-30	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-03-25	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-11-13	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-10-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-07-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-05-15	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-12-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-10-31	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-26	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-03-07	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-10-03	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-08-10	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2023-08-10	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2022-12-22	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 8
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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