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Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

Equity attributable

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£1M

-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £2,771,000£2,883,000£2,643,000 -8.3%
Operating profit £490,000£482,000£504,000 +4.6%
Profit before tax £1,096,000£1,054,000£1,006,000 -4.6%
Net profit £764,000£699,000£656,000 -6.2%
Cash £1,082,000£601,000
Total assets less current liabilities £8,874,000£7,972,000
Net assets £4,239,000£3,423,000
Equity £4,239,000£3,423,000
Average employees 00
Wages
Directors' remuneration £0£0

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 17.7%16.7%19.1%
Net margin 27.6%24.2%24.8%
Return on capital employed 5.5%6.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 68.6%72.7%
Current ratio 10.45x12.13x
Interest cover 19.60x19.28x42.00x

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

  1. DERBY SPV LIMITED 1998-09-09 → present
  2. LYCIDAS (285) LIMITED 1998-08-11 → 1998-09-09

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed the Company's cash flow forecasts and projections and concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its current and future obligations. As a result, the Company therefore continues to adopt a going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 27 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POWELL, Tanisha Juliette Secretary 2025-04-07
HARRIS, Iain Director 2022-11-28 Dec 1970 British
MACKINTISH, Stewart John Director 2021-06-08 Jan 1977 British
MCCLOSKEY, Matthew Henry Director 2025-07-10 Oct 1995 British
Show 27 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CAMERON, Myra Stevenson Secretary 1999-02-26 2006-08-23
DIPPENAAR, Sarah Secretary 2016-07-01 2017-10-16
GILLESPIE, Michael John Secretary 2024-12-19 2025-04-07
GILLESPIE, Michael John Secretary 2017-10-16 2024-06-03
GILLESPIE, Michael John Secretary 2015-06-01 2016-07-01
HALLETT, Anne-Marie Secretary 2024-06-03 2024-12-19
MCATEER, Sarah Secretary 2008-10-31 2015-06-01
MCATEER, Sarah Secretary 2006-08-23 2007-08-31
STEWART, Wendy Secretary 2007-08-31 2008-10-31
LYCIDAS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-08-11 1999-02-26
BROOKS, Peter Barry Director 2004-04-30 2005-06-17
CAMERON, Myra Stevenson Director 2004-06-23 2005-06-17
DUNCAN, Harry Director 2004-05-06 2012-03-01
FIELDER, Richard John Director 2002-08-08 2008-01-01
GREGORY, Richard Alan Director 2004-04-30 2005-06-17
HARKINS, William Duncan Director 2017-12-11 2021-06-08
HESKETH, Tim Director 2018-08-13 2020-02-03
LINNEY, Joseph Mark Director 1999-02-26 2002-05-08
MAY, Brian Ward Director 2002-05-30 2004-04-30
MCALPINE, Kenneth Hugh Director 1999-02-26 2002-08-08
MEADE, Kieron Gerard Director 2008-01-01 2012-03-01
MOORE, Nicholas William Director 2012-03-01 2022-11-28
ROSHIER, Angela Louise Director 2013-01-25 2013-01-25
UNDERWOOD, Michael Anthony Director 1999-02-26 2002-12-31
WHITE, Barry Edward Director 2008-01-01 2009-04-30
YOUNG, Robert James Director 2012-03-01 2017-12-11
LYCIDAS NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-08-11 1999-02-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bank Of Scotland Branch Of Nominees Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-12-22
Derby Spv Holdings Limited Corporate entity Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-03-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2026-03-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2026-03-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2026-01-05 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-07 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-04-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-23 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-12-19 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-11 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-06-11 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-11-28 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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