LEBUS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED
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Cash
£113k
-72.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.8m
-44.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
378
-15.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3m
-1,026.9% lowest in 3 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
the Group incurred a loss of £2.25m during the year ended 31 December 2025 and, as of that date, the Group's current liabilities exceeded its current assets by £2.42m. These events or conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £47,463,489 | £38,842,200 | £39,124,630 | +0.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,406,382 | £622,236 | -£2,575,340 | -513.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,032,227 | £318,657 | -£2,953,509 | -1,026.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,752,472 | £226,930 | -£2,245,501 | -1,089.5% | |
| Cash | £212,819 | £415,588 | £112,630 | -72.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,586,998 | £7,790,605 | £4,700,648 | -39.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,449,442 | £5,051,372 | £2,805,870 | -44.5% | |
| Equity | £5,449,442 | £5,051,372 | £2,805,870 | -44.5% | |
| Average employees | 448 | 448 | 378 | -15.6% | |
| Wages | £14,856,885 | £14,856,885 | £12,180,991 | -18% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £490,179 | £675,076 | £518,837 | -23.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £31,304 | £30,300 | -3.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £204,465 | £247,313 | £205,081 | -17.1% |
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 | 5.1% | 1.6% | -6.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 0.6% | -5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.0% | 8.0% | -54.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 67.2% | 82.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.10x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | 6.43x | 2.05x | -6.81x |
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
- LEBUS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED 2005-11-02 → present
- GLOBALGUIDE LIMITED 2005-09-14 → 2005-11-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the Group incurred a loss of £2.25m during the year ended 31 December 2025 and, as of that date, the Group's current liabilities exceeded its current assets by £2.42m. These events or conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability”
Group structure
- LEBUS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED · parent
- Lebus (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Lebus Furniture Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The ERP development project has been fully discontinued, and the project's recoverable amount was assessed as nil. The Group has recognised a full write-off of £429,356. This charge has been recognized in the Profit and Loss Account within Administrative Expenses.”
- “On the 17th June 2026 Lebus Upholstery Limited and Lebus Furniture Limited transferred their Asset Based Finance Facilities from HSBC UK Bank PLC and HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited to IGF Business Credit Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAWOOD, Neil | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | — | — |
| CAWOOD, Neil Michael | Director | 2023-10-25 | Apr 1977 | British |
| ELLIS, Ashleigh Jane | Director | 2026-07-02 | Jun 1981 | British |
| VAN DER VEEN, Henk | Director | 2005-09-23 | Jun 1959 | Dutch |
| WALKER, Karl Frederick | Director | 2008-01-01 | May 1958 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTANY, Darrell Peter Thomas | Secretary | 2005-09-23 | 2022-08-31 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-09-14 | 2005-12-31 |
| BETTANY, Darrell Peter Thomas | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2022-11-30 |
| BREWSTER, John | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2026-04-11 |
| CARNEY, David | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2011-09-30 |
| FLUDE, Edward David | Director | 2025-02-12 | 2025-06-20 |
| LANGFORD, Simon | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-02-08 |
| O DONNELL, James | Director | 2005-09-23 | 2012-10-31 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-09-14 | 2005-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado Meubelen Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.