LANCASTER INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-05 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-44.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-28.6% vs 2024
Employees
14
+16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
-21.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,405,890 | £16,682,507 | |
| Operating profit | £13,074,338 | £10,198,459 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,075,334 | £10,223,800 | |
| Net profit | £13,055,126 | £10,200,355 | |
| Cash | £3,136,122 | £1,744,741 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,414,589 | £3,157,561 | |
| Net assets | £4,405,714 | £3,144,407 | |
| Equity | £4,405,714 | £3,144,407 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 14 | |
| Wages | £1,951,269 | £2,623,703 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £7,147,389 | £7,438,608 |
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
-9.4%
£18,405,890 £16,682,507
-
Cash
-44.4%
£3,136,122 £1,744,741
-
Net assets
-28.6%
£4,405,714 £3,144,407
-
Employees
+16.7%
12 14
-
Operating profit
-22%
£13,074,338 £10,198,459
-
Profit before tax
-21.8%
£13,075,334 £10,223,800
-
Wages
+34.5%
£1,951,269 £2,623,703
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 71.0% | 61.1% | |
| Net margin | 70.9% | 61.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 296.2% | 323.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.44x | 4.47x | |
| Interest cover | 163429.23x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- 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 or 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
- LANCASTER INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD · parent
- Lancaster Investment Management LLP 93.1%
- Sylvatica Partners LLP 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMPLOUGH, Christopher Richard | Secretary | 2021-04-08 | — | — |
| LAMPLOUGH, Christopher Richard | Director | 2021-04-14 | Mar 1980 | British |
| ROYCROFT, James Benjamin | Director | 2007-08-22 | Aug 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2007-08-22 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PITT, Katie | Secretary | 2009-06-15 | 2012-03-16 |
| ROYCROFT, James Benjamin | Secretary | 2007-08-22 | 2007-11-22 |
| WALKER, Mathieu | Secretary | 2008-12-31 | 2009-06-12 |
| WIENER, Daniel Patrick | Secretary | 2012-03-16 | 2021-04-08 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-08-22 | 2007-08-22 |
| THROGMORTON SECRETARIES LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2007-11-22 | 2008-12-31 |
| WIENER, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2012-03-16 | 2021-04-14 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-08-22 | 2007-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Richard Lamplough | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-02-28 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Thomas Wood | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Benjamin Roycroft | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.