LINCAT LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
-87.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£34m
+10.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
226
-6.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£17m
+2.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,342,000 | £51,748,000 | £52,978,000 | +2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £16,545,000 | £15,190,000 | £16,342,000 | +7.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,734,000 | £16,842,000 | £17,236,000 | +2.3% | |
| Net profit | £13,471,000 | £12,578,000 | £12,876,000 | +2.4% | |
| Cash | £1,592,000 | £16,650,000 | £2,156,000 | -87.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,079,000 | £32,143,000 | £35,089,000 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £32,097,000 | £30,356,000 | £33,607,000 | +10.7% | |
| Equity | £32,097,000 | £30,356,000 | £33,607,000 | +10.7% | |
| Average employees | 276 | 242 | 226 | -6.6% | |
| Wages | £10,064,000 | £9,794,000 | £9,993,000 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £426,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £22,000 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £187,000 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.9% | 29.4% | 30.8% | |
| Net margin | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.5% | 47.3% | 46.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 29.0% | 23.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 3.14x | 4.09x |
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
- LINCAT LIMITED 1988-02-02 → present
- ARROWMANOR LIMITED 1987-10-08 → 1988-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on forecasts prepared, which have been stress tested, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern... thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Ryan Stephen | Director | 2026-08-06 | Sep 1980 | British |
| THOMPSON, Michael Dennis | Director | 2023-10-20 | Aug 1975 | American |
| ZUFIA SUSTACHA, Agustin | Director | 2023-10-20 | May 1967 | Spanish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVE, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2014-12-19 | 2023-12-21 |
| STOREY, Terence Edwin | Secretary | — | 2014-12-19 |
| ASTON, Anthony Charles | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2014-12-19 |
| CRADDOCK, James Martin Ralphs | Director | — | 2011-05-27 |
| CRADDOCK, John Reginald | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| DOVE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2023-12-21 |
| ELSIGOOD, Andrew William Mark | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| GIBSON, Robert Neil | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2017-10-31 |
| JONES, Christian | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-10-25 |
| MCDONALD, Nicholas | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| MITCHELL, Michael Steven | Director | — | 2013-12-20 |
| MITTELMAN, Bryan Eric | Director | 2023-10-20 | 2026-07-06 |
| ROBERTS, Susan | Director | — | 1996-03-12 |
| STOREY, Terence Edwin | Director | — | 2014-12-19 |
| WHITE, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2023-10-25 |
| WINTERSGILL, Eric | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincat Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.