LITECAST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
Cash
£10K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
-9.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
76
-7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£173K
-9,139.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Whilst the facilities noted above are expected to be in place imminently, they are not confirmed at the date of this report and notice has been provided on the current banking facilities, which may result in demand for repayment within the period of the going concern assessment. In addition, operating within the available banking facilities is dependent on the ongoing supplier, shareholder and director funding and trading assumptions as noted above. These events and conditions are not known with sufficient certainty at the date of approval of the financial statements and as such a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,297,710 | £11,169,376 | £13,416,079 | £10,233,694 | |
| Operating profit | £1,059,109 | £291,098 | £558,533 | £76,739 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,066,320 | £107,787 | £1,916 | -£173,204 | |
| Net profit | £1,783,181 | £107,787 | -£102,816 | -£387,320 | |
| Cash | £17,955 | £75,948 | — | £9,799 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,973,231 | £14,348,987 | £5,928,786 | £5,796,593 | |
| Net assets | £4,883,298 | £4,991,085 | £4,078,481 | £3,691,161 | |
| Equity | £4,883,298 | £4,991,085 | £4,078,481 | £3,691,161 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 64 | 82 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,534,244 | £2,245,644 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £352,998 | £278,525 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
-23.7%
£13,416,079 £10,233,694
lowest in 4 filed years
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-9.5%
£4,078,481 £3,691,161
lowest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-7.3%
82 76
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Operating profit
-86.3%
£558,533 £76,739
lowest in 4 filed years
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Profit before tax
-9,139.9%
£1,916 -£173,204
lowest in 4 filed years
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Wages
-11.4%
£2,534,244 £2,245,644
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 1.0% | -0.8% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 2.0% | 9.4% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.19x | 0.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.00x | 0.10x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Whilst the facilities noted above are expected to be in place imminently, they are not confirmed at the date of this report and notice has been provided on the current banking facilities, which may result in demand for repayment within the period of the going concern assessment. In addition, operating within the available banking facilities is dependent on the ongoing supplier, shareholder and director funding and trading assumptions as noted above. These events and conditions are not known with sufficient certainty at the date of approval of the financial statements and as such a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 19 August 2025, a shareholder loan of £100,000 was provided to the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEROUX, John | Secretary | 2017-01-17 | — | — |
| COOPER, Benjamin Alexander | Director | 2019-12-13 | Apr 1988 | British |
| LEROUX, John | Director | 2015-10-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| SUTCLIFFE, Emma Jayne | Director | 2024-02-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1998-08-21 | 1998-08-21 |
| LEROUX, John Edward | Secretary | 1998-08-21 | 2017-01-17 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1998-08-21 | 1998-08-21 |
| COLLISON, Michael George | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2019-12-13 |
| HALL, Andrew Kevin | Director | 2017-01-18 | 2022-12-31 |
| HALL, Kevin John | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2019-12-13 |
| HEMSLEY, Darren Ian | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2024-01-31 |
| LEROUX, John Edward | Director | 1998-08-21 | 2019-12-13 |
| PICKARD, George Thomas Rendle | Director | 1998-08-21 | 2019-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litecast Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-10-16 | Active |
| Mr John Leroux | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.