LDA DESIGN CONSULTING LTD
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Cash
£278k
-13.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£2.9m
+22.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
203
-0.5% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+139.2% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,773,810 | £15,755,535 | £18,133,156 | £18,242,028 | £18,919,460 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,230,100 | £1,338,279 | £1,043,301 | £557,223 | £1,229,794 | +120.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,184,021 | £1,250,197 | £947,426 | £455,172 | £1,088,633 | +139.2% | |
| Net profit | £857,099 | £1,469,704 | £581,843 | £953,527 | £1,193,561 | +25.2% | |
| Cash | £571,839 | £46,393 | £114,848 | £320,295 | £277,550 | -13.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,479,795 | £2,985,880 | £3,215,601 | £3,810,738 | £4,327,843 | +13.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,210,805 | £2,084,225 | £2,651,724 | £2,334,962 | £2,855,690 | +22.3% | |
| Equity | £2,210,805 | £2,084,225 | £2,651,724 | £2,334,962 | £2,855,690 | +22.3% | |
| Average employees | 168 | 174 | 206 | 204 | 203 | -0.5% | |
| Wages | £5,882,131 | £7,904,500 | £9,606,371 | £9,947,199 | £10,145,533 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £139,748 | £451,356 | £853,621 | £745,283 | £647,707 | -13.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £34,341 | £63,662 | £25,908 | -59.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £141,504 | £172,777 | £160,616 | -7% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 3.1% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 9.3% | 3.2% | 5.2% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.6% | 44.8% | 32.4% | 14.6% | 28.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.4% | 62.6% | 61.8% | 67.8% | 62.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.59x | 2.15x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | 26.70x | 15.19x | 10.88x | 3.69x | 8.71x |
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
- LDA DESIGN CONSULTING LTD 2015-04-25 → present
- LDA 2014 LIMITED 2014-11-14 → 2015-04-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- LDA DESIGN CONSULTING LTD · parent
- LDA Design Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 April 2024, LDA Design Consulting Limited and LDA Design Trustees Limited entered into a facilities agreement with Shawbrook Bank Limited. This resulted in LDA Design Trustees Limited borrowing £2.5m over a monthly repayment term of 5 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Dean | Secretary | 2015-04-07 | — | — |
| KRATT, Frederick James Alister | Director | 2015-04-07 | Dec 1966 | British |
| OSMENT, Frazer Tom | Director | 2015-04-07 | Sep 1966 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Dean Edward | Director | 2022-03-03 | Jan 1971 | British |
| THOMPSON, Sophie Jane | Director | 2022-03-03 | Jul 1976 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Mark David | Director | 2022-03-03 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPLAND, Robert | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2021-09-09 |
| BLAND, Stella Fiona | Director | 2022-03-03 | 2024-09-24 |
| COLEMAN, Lindsay | Director | 2022-03-03 | 2024-09-24 |
| CRAWFORD CLARKE, Charles Richard | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2021-09-16 |
| DUNSEATH, Nicholas Ashley Marsden | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2020-02-14 |
| FISHER, Mary Ellen | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2017-03-31 |
| FOSTER, Michael John | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2025-09-30 |
| FOULKES, Bernard James | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2021-09-09 |
| GOODRUM, Colin Peter | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2021-09-09 |
| HARLAND, Andrew Philip | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2021-09-09 |
| MASON, Selina Clare, Ms. | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2017-09-08 |
| MATTINSON, Neil | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2021-09-10 |
| TREGAY, Robert John | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2017-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lda Design Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-10-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.