LADYBIRD INNS LIMITED
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Cash
£141K
-45.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.1M
-12.3% vs 2024
Employees
50
-15.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£430K
-505.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £712,376 | £764,990 | +7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £157,311 | -£385,970 | -345.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £105,824 | -£429,528 | -505.9% | |
| Net profit | £73,012 | -£431,488 | -691% | |
| Cash | £256,706 | £140,516 | -45.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,509,888 | £5,412,735 | -1.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,502,004 | £3,070,516 | -12.3% | |
| Equity | £3,502,004 | £3,070,516 | -12.3% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 50 | -15.3% | |
| Wages | £181,806 | £187,071 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £14,689 | £15,461 | +5.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.1% | -50.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | -56.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | -7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.33x | 0.30x | |
| Interest cover | 1.30x | -5.61x |
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
- LADYBIRD INNS LIMITED 1998-12-24 → present
- MORFIS THREE LIMITED 1998-10-21 → 1998-12-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“However, we do not believe this will impact the ability of the business to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “We have submitted a planning application to the local council in Bromsgrove to improve/expand the garden area of The Ladybird Inn.”
- “During the year, the company has agreed to pay a significant contribution towards the refurbishment of one of the properties owned by the business, in order for it to then be leased on a long term lease as a hotel.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Christopher Howard | Director | 1999-01-28 | Apr 1947 | British |
| BIRD, Robert Edward | Director | 2009-01-28 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy | Secretary | 1999-01-28 | 2016-07-12 |
| LEE, Suzanne Jane | Secretary | 1998-10-21 | 1999-03-17 |
| COPSEY, Peter Bernard | Director | 1998-10-21 | 1999-03-17 |
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2016-07-12 |
| HAMMOND, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2004-01-16 | 2015-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladybird Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- 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.