LYSANDER GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
-12% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.7m
+46.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
97
+15.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-7.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,240,873 | £21,369,500 | +31.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,989,598 | £2,816,439 | -5.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,974,816 | £2,756,984 | -7.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,278,848 | £2,001,811 | -12.2% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £3,775,229 | £3,321,774 | -12% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,000 | £3,587,936 | £4,702,955 | +31.1% | |
| Net assets | — | £1,000 | £3,187,243 | £4,658,266 | +46.2% | |
| Equity | — | £1,000 | £3,187,243 | £4,658,266 | +46.2% | |
| Average employees | 2 | — | 84 | 97 | +15.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £5,430,797 | £8,386,122 | +54.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £101,010 | £500,252 | +395.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £36,000 | £72,000 | +100% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £250,126 | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 18.4% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 14.0% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 83.3% | 59.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 60.7% | 51.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.72x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 36.95x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Williams & Co Epsom LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- LYSANDER GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Lysander Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2025, the 4,000 £1 shares in issue were sub-divided into 400,000 1p shares.”
- “On the 19th May 2026, the directors disposed of some of their shares which resulted in the company becoming part of a group as detailed in the Ultimate Controlling Party Note.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, Richard | Director | 2022-05-18 | Sep 1971 | British |
| ROLES, Tim | Director | 2022-05-18 | May 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLANVILLE, Paul John | Secretary | 2022-05-18 | 2023-03-10 |
| MAY, Deborah Louise | Director | 2024-07-31 | 2026-05-19 |
| ROLES, Michelle | Director | 2024-07-31 | 2026-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martini Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-05-19 | Active |
| Mr Timothy John Roles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-31 | Ceased 2026-05-19 |
| Mrs Michelle Roles | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-31 | Ceased 2026-05-19 |
| Mr Richard May | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-31 | Ceased 2026-05-19 |
| Mrs Deborah Louise May | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-31 | Ceased 2026-05-13 |
| Brambleton Associates Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-18 | Ceased 2024-07-31 |
| Temuka Associates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-18 | Ceased 2024-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.