WILLIAM LAMB GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£5.8m
+23.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.8m
+4.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
82
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+117.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,997,227 | £27,591,364 | £29,430,522 | +6.7% | |
| Operating profit | £11,201 | £669,498 | £1,533,199 | +129% | |
| Profit before tax | £67,556 | £757,758 | £1,646,191 | +117.2% | |
| Net profit | £93,298 | £626,912 | £1,292,271 | +106.1% | |
| Cash | £3,488,149 | £4,668,110 | £5,767,426 | +23.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,653,198 | £9,390,956 | £9,818,227 | +4.5% | |
| Net assets | £9,564,044 | £9,340,956 | £9,778,227 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £9,564,044 | £9,340,956 | £9,778,227 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 93 | 86 | 82 | -4.7% | |
| Wages | £3,040,188 | £3,303,883 | £3,469,928 | +5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £303,251 | £365,583 | £353,871 | -3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £116,193 | £109,870 | £103,241 | -6% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,139 | £133,879 | £151,008 | +12.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 2.4% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 2.3% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 7.1% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.6% | 45.7% | 41.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 2.12x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | 4.76x | — | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WILLIAM LAMB GROUP LIMITED 2015-09-27 → present
- WILLIAM LAMB FOOTWEAR LIMITED 1990-07-25 → 2015-09-27
- PIKESHARP LIMITED 1990-06-19 → 1990-07-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have therefore made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Jayne | Secretary | 2018-03-29 | — | — |
| HARGREAVES, Christopher | Director | 2001-07-09 | Jan 1968 | British |
| LAMB, Charlotte Jayne | Director | 2014-03-20 | Jul 1983 | British |
| LAMB, Stuart Howard | Director | — | Apr 1948 | British |
| TILLERY, Jonathan James | Director | 2026-07-06 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WATSON, Jayne | Director | 2005-10-10 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RATCLIFFE, David Anthony | Secretary | — | 2018-03-29 |
| ABLETT, Paul Richard | Director | 2012-01-04 | 2018-06-29 |
| BOOTH, David | Director | 1996-12-09 | 2009-02-27 |
| COOK, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 1996-12-09 | 2020-08-25 |
| COX, David Anthony | Director | — | 1991-10-04 |
| FORSYTH, David Rae | Director | — | 1991-10-04 |
| FREEMAN, Thomas Anthony | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2014-04-04 |
| HEELEY, Michael David | Director | — | 1995-11-10 |
| MOORE, Peter Herbert | Director | 2005-01-04 | 2007-12-25 |
| RATCLIFFE, David Anthony | Director | — | 2018-03-29 |
| SMITH, Peter Howard | Director | — | 1994-09-23 |
| SMITH, Sheldon | Director | 2023-04-06 | 2025-05-16 |
| WATSON, David | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1998-11-12 |
| WILMOT, Gaye | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2003-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Lamb (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.