HARRY LAWSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+11% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+10.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
92
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+3.3% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £13,676,133 | £14,843,558 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,218,744 | £1,452,196 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,340,631 | £1,746,802 | £1,625,665 | £1,678,757 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,137,283 | £1,415,336 | £1,250,651 | £1,258,954 | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,120,085 | £5,027,405 | £4,507,291 | £5,004,733 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,788,345 | £7,030,687 | £8,258,587 | £9,155,316 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,235,190 | £6,150,526 | £7,002,556 | £7,761,510 | |
| Equity | £4,336,912 | £4,597,907 | £5,235,190 | £6,150,526 | £7,002,556 | £7,761,510 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 90 | 95 | 93 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,841,775 | £4,191,712 | £4,244,544 | £4,306,567 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £247,444 | £273,929 | £285,408 | £296,409 | £319,524 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+8.5%
£13,676,133 £14,843,558
-
Cash
+11%
£4,507,291 £5,004,733
-
Net assets
+10.8%
£7,002,556 £7,761,510
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-1.1%
93 92
-
Operating profit
+19.2%
£1,218,744 £1,452,196
-
Profit before tax
+3.3%
£1,625,665 £1,678,757
-
Wages
+1.5%
£4,244,544 £4,306,567
highest in 4 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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.9% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.1% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 14.8% | 15.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 52.9% | 52.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.17x | 1.26x |
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
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the company, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- HARRY LAWSON LIMITED · parent
- Harry Lawson Transport Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 has seen another extremely positive year and a record breaking turnover for the company, superseding the previous high set back in 2023. Turnover increased by 8.5% to £14.84m (2024 - £13.68m) and operating profit increased by 19.2% to £1.45m (2024 - £1.22m). The company has continued to reinvest past profits in its fleet of vehicles, providing more flexibility and an opportunity to accept additional work where capacity was previously an issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOURLAY, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1995-08-14 | — | British |
| LAWSON, Harry Stephen | Director | — | Sep 1943 | British |
| LAWSON, Michael Stephen | Director | 2010-05-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, Harry Stephen | Secretary | — | 1995-08-14 |
| LAWSON, Dora Winifred Amelia | Director | — | 1994-05-05 |
| LAWSON, Harry Burness Stephen | Director | — | 2012-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawson Trailer Rentals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-05-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2019-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.