LUMESCA GROUP LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-28 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£151K

-30.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£761K

-32.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

-16.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£153K

+77.4% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LUMESCA GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

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

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£11,972,359	£12,247,193
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	-£646,918	-£90,766
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	-£676,043	-£152,758
Net profit	—	—	—	—	-£460,487	-£303,933
Cash	£518,629	—	—	—	£216,837	£151,004
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,145,490	—	—	—	£1,561,338	£1,318,817
Net assets	£1,123,922	—	—	—	£1,125,649	£760,516
Equity	£1,123,922	£1,303,126	£1,470,976	£1,531,186	£1,125,649	£760,516
Average employees	34	—	—	—	59	49
Wages	—	—	—	—	£2,143,359	£1,744,396
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	£172,555	£146,086

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

+2.3%

£11,972,359 £12,247,193
Cash

-30.4%

£216,837 £151,004

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

-32.4%

£1,125,649 £760,516

lowest in 3 filed years
Employees

-16.9%

59 49
Operating profit

+86%

-£646,918 -£90,766
Profit before tax

+77.4%

-£676,043 -£152,758
Wages

-18.6%

£2,143,359 £1,744,396

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	2020-03-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	-5.4%	-0.7%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	-3.8%	-2.5%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	-41.4%	-6.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.03x	0.98x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	-22.13x	-1.46x

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 3 times since incorporation

LUMESCA GROUP LIMITED 2020-09-25 → present
TYPEMAKER LIMITED 1999-07-02 → 2020-09-25
TYPEMAKER SOFTWARE LIMITED 1999-06-25 → 1999-07-02
INVASION LIMITED 1993-09-03 → 1999-06-25

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Bissell & Brown Midlands Ltd
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements, the Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 14 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which indicate, that taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”

Group structure

LUMESCA GROUP LIMITED · parent
1. LUMESCA GmbII 100% · Germany · distribution of products to the graphic, design and printing industries.
2. Color Confidence Limited 100% · United Kingdom · non-trading entity.
3. The Flash Centre Limited 100% · United Kingdom · retail sale of photographic products and accessories.
4. Keyphoto Limited 100% · United Kingdom · provision of photographic supplies.

Significant events

“The global market continued to face significant challenges during 2024, with ongoing economic uncertainties, inflationary pressures, and fluctuating demand patterns affecting many industries, including our own.”
“Despite this backdrop, LUMESCA has shown encouraging signs of improvement in trading performance compared with the prior year, reflecting the resilience of our team, the strength of our customer relationships, and the adaptability of our operations.”
“Nevertheless, the business continues to face cost pressures, particularly from rising operational expenses, which remain a challenge to profitability. To address these, we have maintained a disciplined focus on efficiency, carefully balancing cost management with the need to invest for future growth.”
“In the fast-evolving digital landscape, technological changes present both opportunities and challenges for LUMESCA Group Limited. Rapid advancements in technology can disrupt our existing business models, necessitating constant innovation to stay competitive.”

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

People

4 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CLEMENTS, Geoffrey Ian	Secretary	1999-07-22	—	British
CLEMENTS, Geoffrey Ian	Director	1999-03-04	Dec 1962	British
PRAIS, Simon Martin	Director	1999-03-08	Feb 1962	British
RUDER, Mathias	Director	2022-09-07	Nov 1969	German

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
PRAIS, Simon Martin	Secretary	1999-03-04	1999-07-27
SULLIVAN, Daniel James	Secretary	1993-12-31	1999-03-04
EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1993-09-03	1993-12-31
WOODWARD, Gordon John	Director	1993-12-31	1999-03-04
EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1993-09-03	1993-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Geoffrey Ian Clements	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-09-03	Active
Mr Simon Martin Prais	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-09-03	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 119 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-18	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-07-22	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-07-20	SH10	capital	Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2023-05-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2022-09-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-08	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2022-09-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full	PDF
2021-12-21	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-12-21	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-12-14	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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