LAWTON TUBE COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Operating as Lawton Tubes and Dorset Tube, this private, fourth-generation family-owned business manufactures and supplies solid drawn copper and copper alloy tubes, alongside related plumbing, medical, and refrigeration fittings.
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Cash
£11M
-28.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£102M
+13.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
147
+10.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18M
-11.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £233,384,832 | £241,562,546 | £245,864,267 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £18,825,660 | £19,794,856 | £17,718,825 | -10.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £19,157,018 | £20,299,515 | £17,989,670 | -11.4% | |
| Net profit | £14,488,084 | £14,920,230 | £13,135,272 | -12% | |
| Cash | £16,285,425 | £15,312,544 | £10,911,385 | -28.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,386,899 | £90,044,231 | £101,985,163 | +13.3% | |
| Net assets | £76,129,648 | £89,977,728 | £101,858,584 | +13.2% | |
| Equity | £76,129,648 | £89,977,728 | £101,858,584 | +13.2% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 133 | 147 | +10.5% | |
| Wages | £6,635,752 | £7,610,374 | £8,368,926 | +10% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,868,385 | £2,143,265 | £2,306,716 | +7.6% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.2% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 6.2% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 22.0% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.67x | 3.90x | 3.80x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LAWTON TUBE COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Wardtec Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025, we acquired a site next door and opposite our existing sites in Coventry. This enabled us to announce a £20 million investment to develop a state-the-art warehouse facility and new headquarters. Our intention is for this to be operational in 2027.”
- “On 30 June 2025, the company acquired all trade, assets and liabilities of Wardtec Limited via a hive-up.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALDRON, Simon John | Secretary | 2002-10-10 | — | British |
| BROWN, Michael John William | Director | 2025-11-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| LAWTON, Giles Frederick | Director | 1999-11-10 | Dec 1969 | British |
| LAWTON, Oliver Vernon | Director | 1999-11-10 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LAWTON, Robert Alistair | Director | 2007-10-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| TASKER, Anne Margaret | Director | 2023-04-18 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WALDRON, Simon John | Director | 2007-10-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBATT, Barbara | Secretary | 1992-08-22 | 2002-10-10 |
| SADLER, Kathleen Mary | Secretary | — | 1992-07-18 |
| HEROLD, Rudolf | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| LAWTON, Ralph Stuart | Director | — | 2008-02-06 |
| LAWTON, Richard Arnold | Director | — | 2007-02-21 |
| LAWTON, Vernon Charles | Director | — | 2016-02-24 |
| WARDELL, Roger Edmund | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Giles Frederick Lawton | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-08-20 | Ceased 2026-01-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-31 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-03-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.