LUX GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
80
-37.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
+10.5% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,693,082 | £19,834,365 | £20,133,107 | £28,799,308 | £21,370,540 | -25.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,118,019 | -£11,823,416 | -£23,408,001 | £4,360,346 | £4,801,443 | +10.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,105,615 | -£12,284,915 | -£23,945,526 | £4,256,057 | £4,701,622 | +10.5% | |
| Net profit | -£4,105,615 | -£11,879,072 | -£23,945,526 | £4,629,191 | £12,566,593 | +171.5% | |
| Cash | £1,225,311 | £1,012,950 | £1,245,461 | £120,269 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,938,115 | -£9,896,598 | -£35,677,338 | -£30,172,426 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£281,493 | -£12,160,565 | -£36,106,091 | -£31,220,674 | — | — | |
| Equity | -£281,493 | -£12,160,565 | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 189 | 175 | 172 | 128 | 80 | -37.5% | |
| Wages | £6,076,719 | £6,685,420 | £7,902,179 | £5,160,344 | £3,632,383 | -29.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £100,000 | £144,750 | £171,816 | £93,156 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -23.3% | -59.6% | -116.3% | 15.1% | 22.5% | |
| Net margin | -23.2% | -59.9% | -118.9% | 16.1% | 58.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -104.6% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.8% | 180.3% | — | 406.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.37x | 0.15x | — | |
| Interest cover | — | -25.62x | -43.55x | 38.97x | 48.07x |
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
- LUX GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 2019-08-06 → present
- SMWF LTD 2018-12-03 → 2019-08-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- bk Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors... are not aware of any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis”
Group structure
- LUX GROUP HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Smallbone Atelier Ltd 51%
- The ARX Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2026 Greyson Holdings LLC, a related party controlled by Mr R Shemesh, provided the Company with a further committed funding facility of £5 million, bringing the total committed funding facilities available to the Company to £14.7 million.”
- “The ARX Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was dissolved on 15 July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORREIA, Maria Filomena | Director | 2023-06-20 | Aug 1972 | American |
| SHEMESH, Ronnie | Director | 2019-07-05 | Jan 1959 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUITY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-12-07 | 2023-06-06 |
| BURKE, Patrick | Director | 2019-06-19 | 2023-01-31 |
| MOSTOVICZ, Jacky | Director | 2022-10-23 | 2022-11-29 |
| O'MAHONY, Iain Christopher | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2023-10-20 |
| TODD, Jeremy | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2019-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire 700 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-07 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Todd | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-03 | Ceased 2018-12-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-07-09 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.