LANCER SCOTT CONSTRUCTION WEST LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£45K
Equity attributable
Employees
43
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.6M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,026,519 | £43,860,011 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,145,535 | £2,495,436 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,135,929 | £2,551,084 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,633,407 | £1,786,803 | — | |
| Cash | £3,824,994 | £1,482,931 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,654,612 | £90,532 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,633,507 | £44,721 | — | |
| Equity | £1,633,507 | £44,721 | — | |
| Average employees | 27 | 43 | — | |
| Wages | £1,812,616 | £2,549,822 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £262,664 | £279,989 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 14 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 0.99x |
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
- LANCER SCOTT CONSTRUCTION WEST LIMITED 2023-07-19 → present
- LANCER SCOTT (CONSTRUCTION) WEST LIMITED 2023-05-23 → 2023-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have therefore concluded that there are no material uncertainties which may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company and Group to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “As at 1 October 2025, there has been a group restructure to align the subsidiary companies directly under Lancer Scott Holdings Limited.”
- “In April 2026, new share options were granted and certain historical share options were cancelled. These changes are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Morian | Director | 2023-05-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| HOLT, Michael John | Director | 2023-06-20 | Nov 1965 | British |
| JONES, David Andrew | Director | 2023-05-23 | Jul 1962 | British |
| KEELEY, Indrani | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| LEWIS, Gareth David | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1977 | Welsh |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEMAN, Tim | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| PARRY, Darryn Keith | Director | 2023-06-20 | 2024-08-13 |
| PURKIS, Gareth John | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancer Scott Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-01 | Active |
| Lancer Scott Facilities Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-07 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
| Lancer Scott Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-23 | Ceased 2023-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-12-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-24 | 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
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.