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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-19 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-45.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£2M

-64% vs 2023

Employees

62

+10.7% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

-£5M

+2.7% vs 2023

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £1,686,933£2,749,241
Operating profit -£5,494,645-£5,322,375
Profit before tax -£5,501,435-£5,352,385
Net profit -£5,255,882-£5,176,925
Cash £120,685£1,275,446£4,212,617£6,024,043£3,279,457
Total assets less current liabilities £7,082,308£3,519,428
Net assets £340,188£1,452,587£5,357,721£5,077,080£1,828,913
Equity £340,188£1,452,587£5,357,721£5,077,080£1,828,913
Average employees 1219275662
Wages £3,605,007£4,117,946
Directors' remuneration £180,500£204,541

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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -193.6%
Net margin -188.3%
Return on capital employed -77.6%-151.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 43.6%73.1%
Current ratio 4.60x2.03x
Interest cover -52.11x-26.68x

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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. LAKA LTD 2017-10-13 → present
  2. AN.INSURTECH BUSINESS LTD 2017-01-20 → 2017-10-13

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Cooper Parry Group Limited
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

  1. LAKA LTD · parent
    1. Cylantro SAS 100% · France
    2. Laka Trade Limited 100% · United Kingdom
    3. Laka NL BV 100% · Netherlands
    4. Laka Trade NL BV 100% · Netherlands

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ALLEN, Benjamin David Director 2017-01-20 Aug 1982 British
DE CHANVILLE, Matthieu Director 2023-10-11 Mar 1972 French
LE, David Viet Director 2025-08-13 Apr 1981 American
TAUPITZ, Tobias Alexander Director 2017-01-20 Nov 1984 German
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BLANC, Amanda Jayne Director 2020-01-03 2020-07-06
BRETT, Owen Remus Director 2020-02-13 2021-12-31
CENDEK, Ismail Burak Director 2021-12-31 2025-08-13
FRITJOFSSON, Carl Gustav Director 2020-02-13 2023-10-11
HARTWIG, Jens Arne Director 2017-01-20 2021-12-31
JORDAN, Michael John Director 2018-07-26 2020-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Tobias Alexander Taupitz Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2017-01-20 Ceased 2020-01-30
Mr Jens Arne Hartwig Individual Shares 25–50% 2017-01-20 Ceased 2018-06-07
Mr Jens Arne Hartwig Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2017-01-20 Ceased 2018-06-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 108 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-06-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-08-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-25 RP01SH01 miscellaneous Legacy PDF
2026-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-23 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-20 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-17 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares
2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-06-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-06-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-05-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-02-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-12-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-02 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-07-26 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-05-15 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
15

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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