LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
-3.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£34M
-663.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £26,757,000 | -£5,394,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,541,108,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Equity | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-3.3%
£1,048,074,000 £1,013,831,000
-
Employees
-100%
15 0
-
Operating profit
-120.2%
£26,757,000 -£5,394,000
-
Profit before tax
-663.2%
£6,080,000 -£34,243,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 8.51x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 0.72x | -0.13x |
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
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED 1997-11-28 → present
- ALNERY NO. 1691 LIMITED 1997-10-01 → 1997-11-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's balance sheet shows net assets of £1,013,831k (2023: £1,048,074k) and net current liabilities of £373,237k. The Company participates in Group centralised treasury arrangements and is expected to remain cash generative and meet liabilities until 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED · parent
- Lafarge International Holdings Limited (LIHL) 100%
- Lafarge Redland Readymix ("LRRMX") 100%
- Associated International Cement Limited ("AIC") 100%
- East African Portland Cement Limited 14.6%
- Lafarge Africa PLC 27.77%
- Ashakacem PLC 99%
- Wapsila Nigeria Limited 99.9%
- Lafarge UK Holdings Limited (LUKH) 100%
Significant events
- “all employee contracts were ended in the year”
- “the Board approved the waiver of £4,830k debt owed by subsidiary company Lafarge UK Holdings Limited (LUKH)”
- “Redland Brow Landfill Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lafarge International Holdings Limited (LIHL), was sold in the year”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLEY, Simon Gregory | Director | 2016-03-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| JAQUES, Laurent | Director | 2018-05-31 | Aug 1976 | Swiss |
| LYONS, Garrath Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Neil Robert Moffat | Secretary | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Secretary | 1998-04-27 | 2007-04-13 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Secretary | 2013-01-07 | 2013-10-23 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Secretary | 2013-10-23 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 2009-06-19 | 2010-01-04 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-01-04 | 2013-01-07 |
| BEARDMORE, Andrew Stuart | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| BERTHON, Denis Pierre Rene | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-10-06 |
| BLATZ, Jean Charles | Director | 2004-04-09 | 2006-05-05 |
| BOLDT, Katrin Gertrude | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-05-31 |
| BOUBEE, Patrice | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-05-05 |
| CLOISEAU, Jean Pierre | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-06-20 |
| COLLIGNON, Marie-Cecile | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DE LIEDEKERKE, Charles | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2004-04-09 |
| DWYER, Justine Anne | Director | 2020-04-29 | 2023-06-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2007-04-13 |
| FENNELL, Sonia | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2011-01-05 |
| GRANGE, Bernard, Sr. | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-07 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| HARRIS, Richard Mark | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| HOOREMAN, Dominique Georges Jacques | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2002-05-29 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2009-02-25 |
| KRANZ, Andreas | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2016-06-30 |
| LANYON, Phillip Thomas Edward | Director | 2010-08-16 | 2013-01-07 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Director | 2012-11-22 | 2013-10-31 |
| MILLS, Peter William Joseph | Director | 2006-02-21 | 2010-06-30 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2010-06-02 |
| POWELL, Rebecca Joan | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2011-09-01 |
| REID, Ian Maclean | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2003-04-04 |
| SCHERRER, Alain | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2017-08-01 |
| TEMPLAR-COATES, Oliver Trevor Marwood | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-01-12 |
| TOURLIERE, Patrice Marie Michel | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2009-03-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financiere Lafarge Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.