LINCOLN & YORK LIMITED
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Cash
£5.1m
-7.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£18m
+17.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
-2.2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£4.8m
+59.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-02 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,885,745 | £52,112,813 | £77,882,405 | +49.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,037,332 | £3,025,921 | £4,912,450 | +62.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,923,727 | £3,009,617 | £4,809,706 | +59.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,458,380 | £2,256,993 | £3,590,552 | +59.1% | |
| Cash | £4,515,580 | £5,476,322 | £5,053,366 | -7.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,945,702 | £17,068,064 | £20,038,972 | +17.4% | |
| Net assets | £13,511,357 | £15,270,584 | £17,963,411 | +17.6% | |
| Equity | £13,511,357 | £15,270,584 | £17,963,411 | +17.6% | |
| Average employees | 89 | 92 | 90 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £3,635,824 | £3,996,819 | £4,639,341 | +16.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £329,169 | £297,039 | £392,384 | +32.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £227,169 | £210,039 | £305,384 | +45.4% |
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 | 2024-02-02 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.8% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 17.7% | 24.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.8% | 50.5% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 1.82x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 17.93x | 28.47x | 30.34x |
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
- LINCOLN & YORK LIMITED 1995-04-28 → present
- KAHAWA COFFEE ROASTERS LIMITED 1994-01-28 → 1995-04-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Townends Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 12th February 2026, the company entered into a share buy back agreement with a shareholder where by the company purchased 17,500 ordinary shares with a nominal value of £1. Total consideration of £8,014,995 was paid.”
- “Additionally, the company entered into an invoice discounting facility. This facility is secured by a fixed and floating charge over all property and undertakings of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYSON, Ian Peter Fyall | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HERRING, Simon David | Director | 1994-01-29 | Sep 1964 | British |
| SWEETING, James Timothy | Director | 1994-01-29 | Nov 1969 | English |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Nigel John | Secretary | 2006-09-14 | 2019-12-10 |
| SWEETING, James Timothy | Secretary | 1994-01-29 | 2006-09-14 |
| SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-29 |
| CONE, Tom | Director | 2001-04-19 | 2002-07-25 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Donald | Director | 2001-04-19 | 2002-07-25 |
| SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-28 | 1994-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsham Wold Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-22 |
| Mr Nigel John Bean | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Mr Bruce Hall Clague | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
| Mr James Timothy Sweeting | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon David Herring | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.