LIGHTBODY OF HAMILTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+144.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+29.6% vs 2024
Employees
845
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+57.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £104,240,000 | £97,030,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,024,000 | £8,988,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,386,000 | £8,494,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,702,000 | £8,026,000 | |
| Cash | £1,758,000 | £4,292,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,977,000 | £24,688,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,261,000 | £15,887,000 | |
| Equity | £12,261,000 | £15,887,000 | |
| Average employees | 910 | 845 | |
| Wages | £22,582,000 | £22,487,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £481,000 | £178,000 |
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 2025-06-28 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
-6.9%
£104,240,000 £97,030,000
-
Cash
+144.1%
£1,758,000 £4,292,000
-
Net assets
+29.6%
£12,261,000 £15,887,000
-
Employees
-7.1%
910 845
-
Operating profit
+78.9%
£5,024,000 £8,988,000
-
Profit before tax
+57.7%
£5,386,000 £8,494,000
-
Wages
-0.4%
£22,582,000 £22,487,000
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 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.9% | 36.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 16.97x | 15.52x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the directors consider appropriate. The Board has reasonable expectations that the Group, and therefore the Company, has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The Company has received a support letter from Finsbury Food Group Limited stating that, if required, the Group will assist the company in meetings its liabilities.”
Significant events
- “The company is subject to a cross guarantee in the form of a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the Group of which it is a subsidiary.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-02 | — | — |
| BOYD, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2010-01-20 | Mar 1962 | British |
| CHREE, Ian Charles Gordon | Director | 2011-01-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| DUFFY, John Gerald | Director | 2009-10-19 | Jan 1965 | British |
| HILL, Steven Paul | Director | 2018-08-07 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Melanie Rachel | Secretary | 2015-12-31 | 2017-06-15 |
| HEENEY, Caroline | Secretary | 2017-09-13 | 2019-03-04 |
| LIGHTBODY, Jessie Gwendoline Dobson | Secretary | — | 2007-02-22 |
| CITY GROUP PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| BROOKS, David Gary | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2008-09-29 |
| BRUCE, Mark James | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-02-22 |
| CURRIE, David Crawford | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| LIGHTBODY, Jessie Gwendoline Dobson | Director | — | 2007-02-22 |
| LIGHTBODY, Martin Wightman | Director | — | 2014-06-30 |
| LIGHTBODY, Robert Martin | Director | — | 2007-02-22 |
| MORGAN, Lisa Margaret Wendy | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2010-04-01 |
| SCOTT, Deirdre | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2009-07-17 |
| SCOTT, Deirdre | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2007-02-22 |
| STEWART, Colin Gilchrist | Director | 2002-02-28 | 2007-02-22 |
| TRIST, Lawrence John Hollins | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightbody Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-07-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
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.