LUDUS CAPITAL LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6m
-47.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15m
-4% vs 2024
Employees
151
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£339k
-81.7% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £19,922,000 | £23,019,000 | £20,591,000 | -10.5% | |
| Operating profit | £549,000 | £1,851,000 | £295,000 | -84.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £558,000 | £1,851,000 | £339,000 | -81.7% | |
| Net profit | £422,000 | £1,375,000 | £233,000 | -83.1% | |
| Cash | £3,454,000 | £4,916,000 | £2,603,000 | -47.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,170,000 | £16,394,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £14,200,000 | £15,428,000 | £14,806,000 | -4% | |
| Equity | £14,200,000 | £15,428,000 | £14,806,000 | -4% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 154 | 151 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | £4,301,000 | £4,848,000 | £4,971,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £227,000 | £326,000 | £322,000 | -1.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £90,000 | £182,000 | £74,000 | -59.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £108,000 | £188,000 | £153,000 | -18.6% |
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 | 2.8% | 8.0% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 6.0% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 11.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.1% | 19.2% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.79x | 4.76x | 6.16x |
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
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts for the group for a period of more than 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The forecasts indicate that the group will continue to operate within its facilities and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- LUDUS CAPITAL LIMITED · parent
- WSP Textiles Limited 100%
- WSP Textiles Pte Ltd 100%
- Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne Limited 100%
- William Playne and Company Limited 100%
- Strachan and Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRANCE, Gregory | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| KETTELL, Duncan | Director | 2011-10-28 | Jul 1965 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Alan | Director | 2016-01-22 | Dec 1951 | Belgian |
| PRANCE, Gregory | Director | 2025-04-30 | Aug 1984 | British |
| SCHELLEKENS, Emmanuel | Director | 2017-04-11 | Sep 1966 | Belgian |
| SIMONIS, Marc | Director | 2016-01-22 | Apr 1951 | Belgian |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Ewen Maitland | Secretary | 2013-04-10 | 2025-05-30 |
| BOSSUYT, Curt | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| CHALONER, Thomas Eric | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2016-01-22 |
| FALLOWS, Malcolm | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2018-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Ewen Maitland | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2025-05-30 |
| HAMMOND, Nigel Derek | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2016-01-22 |
| HENDERSON, Michael William George | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2016-01-22 |
| JEFFERY, Christopher Robert William | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2023-08-24 |
| LYONS, Matthew William | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2013-11-01 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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