BALLAWNAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-23
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
Cash
£348K
-39.7% vs 2022
Net assets
£2M
+6.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£582K
-24.1% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-23.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,349,853 | £13,970,755 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £940,108 | £785,049 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £766,627 | £582,050 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £669,708 | £475,788 | |
| Cash | — | — | £577,558 | £348,361 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £300,000 | — | £2,453,279 | £2,734,404 | |
| Net assets | £300,000 | — | £1,533,944 | £1,640,104 | |
| Equity | £300,000 | £300,000 | £1,533,944 | £1,640,104 | |
| Average employees | 4 | — | 122 | 123 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,245,965 | £4,654,247 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £421,011 | £246,987 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+4.7%
£13,349,853 £13,970,755
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Cash
-39.7%
£577,558 £348,361
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Net assets
+6.9%
£1,533,944 £1,640,104
highest in 3 filed years
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Employees
+0.8%
122 123
highest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
-16.5%
£940,108 £785,049
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Profit before tax
-24.1%
£766,627 £582,050
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Wages
+9.6%
£4,245,965 £4,654,247
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.0% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 5.0% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 38.3% | 28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 80.0% | 78.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.02x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.42x | 3.86x |
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
- BALLAWNAN LIMITED 2006-03-01 → present
- ULO OPTICS LIMITED 2006-01-17 → 2006-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Attenboroughs (Accountants) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BALLAWNAN LIMITED · parent
- Ulo Optics Ltd 100%
- Lbp Optics Ltd 100%
- Juice Stored Energy Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Macro-economic conditions remain challenging for our industry.”
- “We need to comply with laws and regulations governing occupational health and safety matters.”
- “Our mitigating activities include embedded disciplines to maintain strong generation of cash and management of working capital as well as a monthly review of performance against strategic targets.”
- “Our mitigating activities include maintaining appropriate health and safety policies and procedures regarding the need to comply with laws and regulations and to reasonably guard our employees against the risk of injury, and induction and training programmes that reinforce health and safety policies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, John | Director | 2006-01-18 | Nov 1954 | British |
| CLARKE, Andrew James | Director | 2022-02-02 | Dec 1964 | British |
| ELLIS, Nicholas Edwin | Director | 2006-01-19 | Jan 1957 | British |
| LAWSON, Richard Mark Thomas | Director | 2006-01-19 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Nicholas Edwin | Secretary | 2006-01-18 | 2024-08-05 |
| PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-17 | 2006-01-18 |
| MACLENNAN, Paul Fraser | Director | 2006-01-19 | 2026-02-11 |
| AMERSHAM SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-01-17 | 2006-01-18 |
| PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-01-17 | 2006-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Barton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.