LUDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
-17% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20M
+29% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
554
+7.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+12.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £144,229,439 | £157,019,763 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,443,837 | £3,621,087 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,266,345 | £3,605,173 | £4,058,791 | |
| Net profit | £1,955,487 | £3,738,597 | £4,488,970 | |
| Cash | £17,739,179 | £20,561,448 | £17,069,324 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,429,055 | £17,761,008 | £20,274,883 | |
| Net assets | £11,729,055 | £15,467,652 | £19,956,622 | |
| Equity | £11,729,055 | £15,467,652 | £19,956,622 | |
| Average employees | 491 | 515 | 554 | |
| Wages | £25,820,045 | £29,669,449 | £30,535,524 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,973,581 | £6,573,062 | £4,009,623 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.9%
£144,229,439 £157,019,763
-
Cash
-17%
£20,561,448 £17,069,324
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+29%
£15,467,652 £19,956,622
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+7.6%
515 554
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+5.1%
£3,443,837 £3,621,087
-
Profit before tax
+12.6%
£3,605,173 £4,058,791
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+2.9%
£29,669,449 £30,535,524
highest in 3 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 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.4% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.6% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 19.4% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.7% | 61.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.33x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | — | 129.70x | 81.71x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and so continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- LUDDON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · parent
- Luddon Estates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Market conditions provided a wide and buoyant range of tendering opportunities with associated successful awards, however the recruitment of additional skilled management and workforce resources proved challenging in comparison to previous years.”
- “Recruitment of suitably skilled staff and labour resources will again factor as a business risk in the year to 31 August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, Ian Francis | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay | Director | 2004-01-15 | May 1967 | British |
| MORRISON, Alexander Falconer | Director | 2016-09-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| RANDALL, Allan James | Director | 2013-09-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| WADDELL, Andrew Alexander | Director | 2018-09-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Ronald Alan | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2006-09-01 |
| DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony | Secretary | — | 2009-12-31 |
| BLAINEY, Ian Harvey | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2016-08-31 |
| CLARK, Jan Marshall | Director | 1998-08-19 | 2004-01-15 |
| CLARK, Ronald Alan | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| COCOZZA, Adriano | Director | — | 2005-06-30 |
| COLQUHOUN, Wilson | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-05-09 |
| DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2008-11-21 |
| DOUGALL, Alexandra Jay | Director | — | 2004-01-15 |
| DOUGALL, John Marshall | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay | Director | 1996-01-15 | 1998-08-19 |
| FRIZE, Charles Michael | Director | — | 2019-08-31 |
| HINSHELWOOD, George Hutton | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2013-09-01 |
| KELLY, Daniel | Director | — | 2001-07-31 |
| LAFFERTY, Stephen | Director | 2003-08-25 | 2023-12-31 |
| LANGAN, Stephen | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| PATRICK, William Mclean | Director | — | 1991-04-18 |
| ROBINSON, Henry Dick | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| SHANAHAN, Andrew | Director | — | 2008-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dougall Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.