LYCO GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-19
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+4.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-10.8% vs 2023
Employees
49
-3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£249K
+78.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-19.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,047,827 | £12,650,056 | £14,053,902 | £14,371,657 | |
| Operating profit | -£113,177 | £825,745 | -£1,136,060 | -£244,494 | |
| Profit before tax | -£122,720 | £816,435 | -£1,155,266 | -£249,229 | |
| Net profit | -£120,688 | £659,026 | -£1,081,880 | -£249,229 | |
| Cash | £1,488,123 | £3,492,854 | £1,350,348 | £1,406,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,768,506 | £2,900,962 | £2,516,367 | £2,167,138 | |
| Net assets | £1,562,476 | £2,221,502 | £2,316,367 | £2,067,138 | |
| Equity | £1,562,476 | £2,221,502 | £2,316,367 | £2,067,138 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 53 | 51 | 49 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,554,733 | £1,711,718 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £173,102 | £140,372 |
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
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Turnover
+2.3%
£14,053,902 £14,371,657
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+4.2%
£1,350,348 £1,406,928
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Net assets
-10.8%
£2,316,367 £2,067,138
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Employees
-3.9%
51 49
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Operating profit
+78.5%
-£1,136,060 -£244,494
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Profit before tax
+78.4%
-£1,155,266 -£249,229
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Wages
+10.1%
£1,554,733 £1,711,718
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.0% | 6.5% | -8.1% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | 5.2% | -7.7% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.4% | 28.5% | -45.1% | -11.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.56x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | -8.33x | 79.19x | -50.88x | -12.43x |
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
- LYCO GROUP LIMITED 2015-07-15 → present
- LYCO DIRECT LIMITED 1994-10-10 → 2015-07-15
- LIGHTING DIRECT LIMITED 1994-06-24 → 1994-10-10
- AMBINA LIMITED 1994-04-27 → 1994-06-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no areas of material uncertainty that may have any impact on the group's business and the directors are therefore confident that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements of the group on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LYCO GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Castlegate Lights Limited 100%
- Online Lighting (Retail) Limited 100%
- Lighting Direct Limited 100%
- Envirolight Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the appointments of our new Managing Director and Product & Marketing Director in January 2024, Lyco Group Ltd ("Lyco") has experienced a period of transition throughout 2024 continuing to build operational and commercial synergies with its Spanish parent company, Zernin Trade S.L.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEGRE SALA, Jordi | Director | 2022-06-29 | Feb 1980 | Spanish |
| COPPIN, Daniel | Director | 2024-02-15 | Jul 1977 | British |
| HAUGHTON, Simon David | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MAS INGRESA, Francisco Jose | Director | 2022-06-29 | Nov 1977 | Spanish |
| VIDAL MASCARELL, Alfonso | Director | 2025-10-08 | Dec 1992 | Spanish |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Judith Corrine | Secretary | 1994-05-16 | 2022-06-29 |
| NOTEHOLD LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-04-27 | 1994-05-16 |
| BARNETT, Charles | Director | 1994-05-16 | 2024-05-09 |
| BARNETT, David Clive Emanuel | Director | 1994-10-31 | 2022-06-29 |
| BARRETT, Gavin Michael | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-06-29 |
| BATCHELOR, Peter Readwin Michael | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2004-08-26 |
| HEYWOOD, Michelle Ann | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2011-09-30 |
| O'DONNELL, Gerrard | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2024-04-30 |
| PEREZ MARTIN, Jose | Director | 2022-06-29 | 2025-08-31 |
| SCOTT, Andrew John | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-06-29 |
| SCOTT, Ian Bruce | Director | 2004-10-21 | 2011-12-31 |
| STAFFIERE, Mark | Director | 2013-01-22 | 2022-06-29 |
| TENZER, Russell Paul | Director | 1994-10-31 | 2022-06-29 |
| TURNER, Kevin Iain | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-09-27 |
| NOTEHURST LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-04-27 | 1994-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Clive Emanuel Barnett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-29 |
| Mr Charles Barnett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-08 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-02-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.