LIGHTHOUSE ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£24m
+36.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£29m
+64.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14m
+140.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,050,000 | £12,707,000 | £11,743,000 | -7.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,149,000 | £125,000 | £743,000 | +494.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,101,000 | -£35,734,000 | £14,428,000 | +140.4% | |
| Net profit | -£2,233,000 | -£26,131,000 | £11,459,000 | +143.9% | |
| Cash | £13,848,000 | £17,972,000 | £24,492,000 | +36.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £40,025,000 | £33,910,000 | -15.3% | |
| Net assets | £43,883,000 | £17,752,000 | £29,211,000 | +64.6% | |
| Equity | £43,883,000 | £17,752,000 | £29,211,000 | +64.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,000 | £125,000 | £114,000 | -8.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 | -50% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -32.1% | 1.0% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | -13.9% | — | 97.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.3% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.4% | 79.7% | 59.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.97x | 1.91x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LIGHTHOUSE ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED 2011-03-31 → present
- LIGHTHOUSEXPRESS LIMITED 2005-11-01 → 2011-03-31
- BERKELEY WODEHOUSE ASSOCIATES LIMITED 2000-10-04 → 2005-11-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The use of the going concern basis of accounting is considered appropriate, reflecting the commitment of the Company's ultimate parent company, Quilter plc, to provide continued capital support to the Company for at least the three years to 31 December 2028.”
Significant events
- “Ownership of the Company was transferred from Lighthouse Group Limited ("LHG") to Quilter Financial Planning Limited ("QFPL"), a fellow group undertaking, on 28 October 2025.”
- “Our best estimate of the cost of undertaking this work, together with potential cost of customer remediation (plus interest), amounts to £20,364k and accordingly we have revised the provision to this amount.”
- “As previously announced in March 2024, the Group committed to undertake a review of historical data and practices across the Appointed Representative firms in the Quilter Financial Planning network in relation to the provision of ongoing advice.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUILTER COSEC SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-10-03 | — | — |
| GAZARD, Stephen Charles | Director | 2020-07-03 | Jul 1976 | British |
| GEARD, Stuart James | Director | 2024-06-01 | May 1974 | British,South African |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAZE, Valerie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-03-29 | 2001-06-19 |
| GRIGG, Paivi Katriina | Secretary | 2001-06-19 | 2008-06-09 |
| KENNEDY, Alan John | Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2001-03-29 |
| ROSS, Mark Stuart | Secretary | 2008-06-09 | 2014-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 |
| ACHILLES, Michael | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2019-09-16 |
| BARNARD, Lee Roy | Director | 2017-01-02 | 2020-06-17 |
| CLARKE, Steve | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2008-06-09 |
| DEAN, Mitchell | Director | 2020-07-03 | 2024-06-30 |
| FOURACRES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2013-06-19 |
| GAZE, Michael Milton | Director | 2000-11-13 | 2003-08-01 |
| GAZE, Valerie Elizabeth | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2004-12-31 |
| GRIGG, Paivi Katriina | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2009-01-31 |
| HARRIS, Paul | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2008-06-09 |
| KENNEDY, Alan John | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2001-03-29 |
| PATERSON, Kenneth George | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2019-09-16 |
| PRICE, Jerry | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2008-09-30 |
| ROSENGREN, Allan | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2011-10-03 |
| ROSS, Mark Stuart | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2014-03-31 |
| SHARKEY, Darren William John | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2020-07-03 |
| SMITH, Peter James | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2022-04-01 |
| STREATFIELD, Malcolm John | Director | 2000-11-13 | 2019-09-16 |
| THOMPSON, Andrew Bernard | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2020-06-30 |
| WHITEHEAD, Philip | Director | 2000-11-13 | 2004-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quilter Financial Planning Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-28 | Active |
| Lighthouse Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.