LAWRENCE BAKER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£401K
-47.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
65
+6.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+10.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £105,370,215 | £88,907,282 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,060,984 | £1,171,256 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,061,200 | £1,171,469 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £732,249 | £873,228 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £767,137 | £401,193 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £13,182,409 | £14,012,370 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £12,973,135 | £13,846,363 | |
| Equity | £7,359,842 | £7,461,081 | — | — | — | £12,973,135 | £13,846,363 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 65 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,358,587 | £3,608,082 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £239,260 | £357,636 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-15.6%
£105,370,215 £88,907,282
-
Cash
-47.7%
£767,137 £401,193
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£12,973,135 £13,846,363
-
Employees
+6.6%
61 65
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Operating profit
+10.4%
£1,060,984 £1,171,256
-
Profit before tax
+10.4%
£1,061,200 £1,171,469
-
Wages
+7.4%
£3,358,587 £3,608,082
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 58.7% | 53.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.61x | 1.77x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The previous 12 months have seen an end to the projects that were challenged by the previous year's problems of high inflation and labour shortages. These schemes had a negative impact on margin and overall financial performance.”
- “Although these have affected profitability for the year we have seen a return to more normal trading conditions, giving a much more positive outlook for the next few years ahead.”
- “We have invested this year in staff by increasing our layers of management to boost our ability to complete programs on time or earlier.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Paul John | Secretary | 2004-09-22 | — | British |
| BIBBY, William John Brian | Director | 2024-12-16 | Jan 1994 | British |
| DIXON, Adele | Director | 2004-09-22 | Sep 1968 | British |
| DIXON, Paul John | Director | 2004-09-22 | Sep 1968 | British |
| FOSTER, Alan | Director | 2022-12-17 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HOLLICK, Luke Christopher | Director | 2014-12-23 | May 1977 | British |
| LESTER, Wayne Lee James | Director | 2022-09-16 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| QA REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-09-16 | 2004-09-16 |
| QA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-09-16 | 2004-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Holdings (Lawrence Baker) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-02-08 | Active |
| Mrs Adele Dixon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-08 |
| Mr Paul John Dixon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.