LONG LANE DELIVERIES LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
331
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors took the decision to cease trading through this company during the year and by year end the trade had been moved to another group company. The financial statements are instead prepared on a break-up basis. We have ensured that all assets and liabilities on the balance sheet are included at their realisable value.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,581,963 | £23,516,739 | |
| Operating profit | £1,240,501 | £1,275,694 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,183,816 | £1,248,821 | |
| Net profit | £881,472 | £924,166 | |
| Cash | £1,085,993 | £2,612,853 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,916,824 | £3,864,074 | |
| Net assets | £2,939,908 | £3,864,074 | |
| Equity | £2,939,908 | £3,864,074 | |
| Average employees | 301 | 331 | |
| Wages | £8,790,732 | £9,075,575 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £51,034 | £0 |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.7% | 33.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.8% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 9.15x | |
| Interest cover | 20.05x | 24.49x |
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
- LONG LANE DELIVERIES LTD. 2008-04-11 → present
- LONGLANE DELIVERIES LTD. 2002-04-11 → 2008-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- bk plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors took the decision to cease trading through this company during the year and by year end the trade had been moved to another group company. The financial statements are instead prepared on a break-up basis. We have ensured that all assets and liabilities on the balance sheet are included at their realisable value.”
Significant events
- “the company's principal activity during the period continued to be that of temperature controlled food distribution until the trade ceased within the company on 31st October 2025.”
- “the trade was transferred as a going concern to Stef Langdons Ltd for it to continue within that organisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Renee Teresa | Secretary | 2024-08-22 | — | — |
| BARRETT, Renee Teresa | Director | 2024-08-22 | Sep 1965 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Patrick Thomas | Director | 2024-08-22 | Jan 1969 | British |
| OSMAN, Arran | Director | 2024-08-22 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYLES, David | Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2024-08-22 |
| PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 |
| GORIN, Christophe Jean-François | Director | 2024-08-22 | 2026-03-25 |
| MYLES, David | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2024-08-22 |
| MYLES, James | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2024-08-22 |
| MYLES, Margaret Stephen | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2009-04-08 |
| PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 |
| PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langdon Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-22 | Active |
| Mr James Myles | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-22 |
| Mr David Myles | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-08-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.