LOWRY BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD
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Cash
£6.9m
-43.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£29m
+21.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
124
+14.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.7m
+17.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,774,289 | £51,503,491 | £57,597,508 | £66,950,541 | +16.2% | |
| Operating profit | £5,639,826 | £4,725,297 | £5,051,891 | £6,088,244 | +20.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,678,363 | £4,972,285 | £5,727,939 | £6,742,358 | +17.7% | |
| Net profit | £4,551,780 | £3,721,403 | £4,304,337 | £5,198,553 | +20.8% | |
| Cash | £2,458,712 | £5,467,890 | £12,228,633 | £6,926,348 | -43.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,223,026 | £19,967,811 | £24,286,337 | £29,535,829 | +21.6% | |
| Net assets | £15,853,552 | £19,574,955 | £23,878,292 | £29,075,845 | +21.8% | |
| Equity | £15,853,552 | £19,574,955 | £23,878,292 | £29,075,845 | +21.8% | |
| Average employees | 86 | 100 | 108 | 124 | +14.8% | |
| Wages | £2,941,381 | £4,540,917 | £6,979,363 | £7,172,969 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £216,285 | £714,964 | £1,239,488 | £2,000,000 | +61.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £714,964 | £619,744 | £1,000,000 | +61.4% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 7.2% | 7.5% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.8% | 23.7% | 20.8% | 20.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.7% | 47.8% | 42.8% | 44.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.96x | 2.22x | 1.61x |
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
- Tyrone Accountancy Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, it is deemed appropriate for the company to be regarded as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Company's two £1 ordinary shares were subdivided into 2,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each by ordinary resolution. On the same day, a special resolution was passed to reclassify the shares into 20 "A" ordinary shares and 1,980 "B" ordinary shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Helen | Director | 2011-02-18 | Sep 1965 | British |
| LOWRY, Ian | Director | 2025-02-28 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Ian | Director | 2011-02-18 | 2011-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Lowry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-10-17 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Lowry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-02-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.