LANCASTER PROPERTY & MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
Cash
£199K
+7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+11.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
72
+20% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£576K
-57.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2023-06-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £2,418,992 | £2,634,190 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,325,092 | £552,885 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,347,856 | £576,201 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,011,975 | £415,910 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £185,297 | £198,780 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £672,005 | £618,932 | £602,293 | £713,043 | — | £3,754,748 | £4,170,658 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £713,043 | — | £3,564,802 | £3,980,712 | |
| Equity | £672,005 | £618,932 | £602,293 | £713,043 | £713,044 | £3,564,802 | £3,980,712 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 60 | 72 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,291,217 | £1,533,715 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
+8.9%
£2,418,992 £2,634,190
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Cash
+7.3%
£185,297 £198,780
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Net assets
+11.7%
£3,564,802 £3,980,712
highest in 3 filed years
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Employees
+20%
60 72
highest in 6 filed years
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Operating profit
-58.3%
£1,325,092 £552,885
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Profit before tax
-57.3%
£1,347,856 £576,201
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Wages
+18.8%
£1,291,217 £1,533,715
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2023-06-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 54.8% | 21.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 41.8% | 15.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 35.3% | 13.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.84x | 2.07x |
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
- LANCASTER PROPERTY & MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED 2014-04-03 → present
- LANCASTER PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 2013-10-01 → 2014-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board are confident in its assessment of going concern, and have put measures in place to protect their staff and continue to operate as normal in the period ahead.”
Group structure
- LANCASTER PROPERTY & MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Little Elms Daycare Nursery Lee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 January 2026, following the group reorganisation, the Group entered into a new financing facility with HSBC for £3,000,000.”
- “On 30 January 2026 there was a group reorganisation which resulted in S Lancaster becoming the ultimate controlling party by virtue of his shareholdings in its new ultimate parent undertaking, Willow Lancaster Nurseries Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANCASTER, Spencer | Director | 2013-10-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANCASTER, Matthew | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2026-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norsted Property Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-02-27 | Active |
| Willow Lancaster Nurseries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-30 | Ceased 2026-02-27 |
| Little Elms Daycare Nurseries Property Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-30 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| Little Elms Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-30 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| Mr Matthew Lancaster | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| Mr Spencer Lancaster | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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.