ASHWOODS LIGHTFOOT LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+23.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£87k
+88.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
+13.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£298k
-40.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £11,825,732 | £15,268,599 | £17,710,599 | +16% | |
| Operating profit | £1,672,888 | £673,001 | £555,030 | -17.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,590,406 | £502,598 | £297,742 | -40.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,354,092 | £308,331 | £657,878 | +113.4% | |
| Cash | £1,240,219 | £904,560 | £1,119,750 | +23.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,094,029 | £1,927,688 | +76.2% | |
| Net assets | -£1,052,767 | -£744,436 | -£86,558 | +88.4% | |
| Equity | -£1,052,767 | -£744,436 | -£86,558 | +88.4% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 79 | 90 | +13.9% | |
| Wages | £2,368,566 | £3,455,391 | £4,147,944 | +20% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 14.1% | 4.4% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 2.0% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 61.5% | 28.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.8% | 104.4% | 100.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.56x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | 20.28x | 3.95x | 2.16x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has assessed the Company's financial position, cash flows, and funding sources, as well as its continued support from its investor Volpi Capital LLP, and believes that it has adequate resources to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLICK, Paul Thomas | Director | 2025-04-17 | Aug 1973 | British |
| ROBERTS, Mark David Marling | Director | 2012-11-09 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLISON, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2021-10-20 |
| TAYLOR, Rupert Lyon | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2025-04-17 |
| WARMAN, Neil | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2026-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightfoot Innovations Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark David Marling Roberts | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2017-03-16 |
| Mr Lloyd Conway Ash | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2017-03-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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.