LANCASTER GATE ASSISTANCE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£97K
-10.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+118.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
77
+26.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+17.9% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-08 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £8,043,607 | £9,538,095 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,946,536 | £2,296,762 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,947,551 | £2,296,961 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,473,976 | £1,722,624 | |
| Cash | — | £1,626 | £108,909 | £97,028 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£15,585 | £1,628,434 | £3,355,396 | |
| Net assets | — | -£15,585 | £1,458,391 | £3,181,016 | |
| Equity | — | -£15,585 | £1,458,391 | £3,181,016 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 4 | 61 | 77 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,614,260 | £2,045,566 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18.6%
£8,043,607 £9,538,095
-
Cash
-10.9%
£108,909 £97,028
-
Net assets
+118.1%
£1,458,391 £3,181,016
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+26.2%
61 77
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+18%
£1,946,536 £2,296,762
-
Profit before tax
+17.9%
£1,947,551 £2,296,961
-
Wages
+26.7%
£1,614,260 £2,045,566
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 | 2022-11-08 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 24.2% | 24.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 18.3% | 18.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 119.5% | 68.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.11x | 1.47x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Whitings LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company will receive financial support from it's parent undertaking.”
Significant events
- “In January 2024 the group was acquired by French insurance company April Group, with the existing chairman and founder exiting the business.”
- “On 11 January 2024, April SAS acquired the majority shareholding in Lexham Insurance Consultants Limited. As a result, April SAS is now the Company's immediate parent undertaking of Lexham Insurance Consultants Limited.”
- “Following a sale of The April Group to KKR & Co Inc they became the ultimate parent and controlling party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUPONT, Marc-André Jean | Director | 2024-01-11 | Sep 1969 | French |
| MILLER, James Stewart | Director | 2022-07-04 | Jul 1979 | British |
| NOGUERA, Alexandre | Director | 2024-01-11 | Jul 1978 | French |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODSON, Andrew James | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2024-01-11 |
| IRONMONGER, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2022-05-09 | 2024-01-11 |
| MILLER, James Stewart | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2024-01-11 |
| PRICE, Matthew Richard | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2024-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexham Insurance Consultants Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Richard Kenneth Ironmonger | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-09 | Ceased 2022-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-01-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.