LIGHTHOUSE ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-14
Watchouts
Cash
£18M
+29.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
-59.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£36M
-1,052.3% vs 2023
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
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,050,000 | £12,707,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,149,000 | -£38,221,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,101,000 | -£35,734,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,233,000 | -£26,131,000 | |
| Cash | £13,848,000 | £17,972,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £43,883,000 | £17,752,000 | |
| Equity | £43,883,000 | £17,752,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,000 | £125,000 |
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
-20.8%
£16,050,000 £12,707,000
-
Cash
+29.8%
£13,848,000 £17,972,000
-
Net assets
-59.5%
£43,883,000 £17,752,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-642.3%
-£5,149,000 -£38,221,000
-
Profit before tax
-1,052.3%
-£3,101,000 -£35,734,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -32.1% | — | |
| Net margin | -13.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.21x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks in the context of the current economic outlook and has sufficient financial resources to continue in business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In light of the above there are no material uncertainties, related events or conditions that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due, for at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In June 2024, a Skilled Person was appointed to conduct a review and provide a view to the FCA on whether the delivery of ongoing advice services by Appointed Representative firms in the Quilter Financial Planning ("QFP") network was compliant with applicable regulatory requirements. This work is well advanced, and the final report is expected to be submitted to the FCA in the second quarter of 2025.”
- “In April 2025, a minimum tariff of 10% was introduced on imports into the US and higher tariffs were introduced on imports to the US from over 50 countries. These tariffs together with reciprocal tariffs raised by other countries have led to increased economic uncertainty and market volatility.”
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 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021-02-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.