LYNCH'S FOODSTORES LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+17.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
306
+2.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
-8.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £21,035,862 | £26,283,093 | — | — | £33,353,407 | £34,939,828 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,209,543 | £2,237,035 | — | — | £2,892,595 | £2,591,040 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,202,023 | £2,231,357 | £2,422,270 | £2,486,624 | £2,978,621 | £2,729,530 | |
| Net profit | — | £989,949 | £1,781,664 | £2,030,161 | £1,960,140 | £2,280,283 | £2,073,297 | |
| Cash | — | £2,653,987 | £3,383,259 | £5,463,175 | £5,927,865 | £6,958,610 | £6,083,916 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,753,793 | £5,048,553 | £6,621,701 | £8,195,550 | £10,072,832 | £11,866,629 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,329,308 | £4,857,549 | £6,407,210 | £7,944,250 | £9,892,032 | £11,633,829 | |
| Equity | £2,557,039 | £3,329,308 | £4,857,549 | £6,407,210 | £7,944,250 | £9,892,032 | £11,633,829 | |
| Average employees | — | 282 | 291 | 294 | 293 | 299 | 306 | |
| Wages | — | £2,468,216 | £3,111,947 | £3,125,506 | £3,246,753 | £3,403,918 | £3,782,650 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £36,985 | £42,672 | £67,158 | £67,864 | £67,043 | £67,194 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+4.8%
£33,353,407 £34,939,828
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-12.6%
£6,958,610 £6,083,916
-
Net assets
+17.6%
£9,892,032 £11,633,829
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+2.3%
299 306
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-10.4%
£2,892,595 £2,591,040
-
Profit before tax
-8.4%
£2,978,621 £2,729,530
-
Wages
+11.1%
£3,403,918 £3,782,650
highest in 6 filed years
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.7% | 8.5% | — | — | 8.7% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.7% | 6.8% | — | — | 6.8% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 32.2% | 44.3% | — | — | 28.7% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.82x | 5.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | 129.50x | 381.23x | — | — | 3340.18x | — |
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
- LYNCH'S FOODSTORES LTD 2007-11-26 → present
- RATHCREE PROPERTIES LIMITED 2007-10-17 → 2007-11-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, Denis Gerard | Secretary | 2007-10-30 | — | Irish |
| LYNCH, Anne | Director | 2007-10-30 | Aug 1954 | Irish |
| LYNCH, Conor | Director | 2008-01-14 | Mar 1986 | Irish |
| LYNCH, Denis Gerard | Director | 2007-10-30 | May 1955 | Irish |
| LYNCH, Gary | Director | 2008-01-14 | Apr 1983 | Irish |
| LYNCH, Paul | Director | 2008-01-14 | Dec 1980 | Irish |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Dorothy May | Secretary | 2007-10-17 | 2007-10-30 |
| HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2007-10-30 |
| KANE, Dorothy May | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2007-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lynch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-17 | Ceased 2016-10-17 |
| Paul Lynch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-17 | Ceased 2016-10-17 |
| Mr Conor Lynch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-17 | Ceased 2016-10-17 |
| Lynch's Foodstores (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-12-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.