L.A.P. ELECTRICAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
64
-7.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£605K
+12.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,079,406 | £10,885,918 | |
| Operating profit | £493,894 | £582,788 | |
| Profit before tax | £536,350 | £604,564 | |
| Net profit | £383,869 | £436,752 | |
| Cash | £1,561,323 | £1,512,778 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,541,743 | £2,384,617 | |
| Net assets | £2,516,552 | £2,356,979 | |
| Equity | £2,516,552 | £2,356,979 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 64 | |
| Wages | £2,651,874 | £2,189,028 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £353,318 | £187,332 |
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-1.7%
£11,079,406 £10,885,918
-
Cash
-3.1%
£1,561,323 £1,512,778
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£2,516,552 £2,356,979
-
Employees
-7.2%
69 64
-
Operating profit
+18%
£493,894 £582,788
-
Profit before tax
+12.7%
£536,350 £604,564
-
Wages
-17.5%
£2,651,874 £2,189,028
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.4% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 255.77x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Friend Partnership Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors recognise that trading conditions will remain very challenging in the forthcoming year. However, the diversity of the customer base and the markets in which it operates mean that the company is in a strong position to take advantage of any business opportunities; this, combined with carefully monitored cost management, will ensure that the company remains profitable and cash generative in the future.”
Significant events
- “Recruitment still remains challenging due to a skills shortage in the marketplace; the business remains committed to improvements in staff training and career development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTY, Gerard Martin | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CARTY, Gerard Martin | Director | — | Jan 1949 | British |
| GREENFIELD, Anthony Bryan | Director | — | Mar 1939 | British |
| GREENFIELD, Paul Anthony | Director | 2021-01-28 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINGS, Peter Glydon | Director | 1998-03-16 | 1999-01-18 |
| HUNT, Rupert Tyzack Vivian | Director | 1995-03-20 | 2012-07-23 |
| MIDDLETON, Giles Christopher Francis | Director | 1995-12-18 | 1998-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Anthony Greenfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-12 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Bryan Greenfield | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-12 | Active |
| Janet Mary Greenfield | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-12 |
| Mr Gerard Martin Carty | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-06-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.