L.H.D.LIMITED
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Cash
£8.6M
-40% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£47M
+13% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
69
+6.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.9M
+10.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £27,796,725 | £32,726,883 | £38,029,289 | +16.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,286,517 | £5,181,275 | £5,913,481 | +14.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,199,558 | £5,293,898 | £5,871,445 | +10.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,664,495 | £3,944,940 | £4,336,096 | +9.9% | |
| Cash | £13,011,681 | £14,307,127 | £8,578,607 | -40% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,892,297 | £50,632,119 | £62,454,238 | +23.3% | |
| Net assets | £38,104,905 | £41,632,875 | £47,061,358 | +13% | |
| Equity | £29,859,509 | £32,441,591 | £36,442,050 | +12.3% | |
| Average employees | 65 | 65 | 69 | +6.2% | |
| Wages | £2,670,790 | £2,929,499 | £3,369,315 | +15% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £506,655 | £509,601 | £486,656 | -4.5% |
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 | 8.2% | 15.8% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 12.1% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 10.2% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.1% | 42.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 1.28x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 2.04x | 4.58x | 4.59x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditor concluded that directors' use of going concern basis is appropriate. No material uncertainties identified relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from when financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- L.H.D.LIMITED · parent
- L.H.D. Marine Supplies Limited 100%
- H. Williamson & Sons (Scalloway) Limited 60%
- Adenia Fishing Co. Limited 60%
- Courageous Fishing (Whalsay) Ltd 72.8%
- Alison Kay Fishing Company Limited 100%
- Venture Fishing Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 October 2024 the group increased its investment in Courageous Fishing (Whalsay) Ltd, obtaining control with a total shareholding of 72.8%. On 4 April 2025, acquired Alison Kay Fishing Company Limited (100%). On 24 October 2024, acquired Venture Fishing Company Limited (100%).”
- “A guarantee limited to US$2,000,000 given to one of its subsidiary company's suppliers. As at 30 September 2025 the balance owed by the subsidiary company to the supplier was £532,543 (2024: £847,751).”
- “In respect of one of its unlisted investments, the company has given a cross guarantee with the other shareholders, to guarantee equal shares of the overdraft facility. The maximum exposure under this guarantee Is £30,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOLLAY, John Magnus | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| CROSSAN, Andrew | Director | 2015-10-01 | Jun 1975 | Scottish |
| SPENCE, Brian | Director | 2006-10-01 | Mar 1969 | Scottish |
| SPENCE, Charles Gary | Director | 2013-10-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULTON, Frederick William | Secretary | 1994-12-01 | 1997-09-30 |
| HENDERSON, Hazel Jane | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| ROBERTSON, Linda | Secretary | — | 1994-12-01 |
| DAVIDSON, James Tait | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| FULTON, Frederick William | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| HENDERSON, Hazel Jane | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| JACKSON, Peter | Director | — | 2002-05-10 |
| JAMIESON, James John | Director | — | 2012-05-07 |
| ROBERTSON, Duncan | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| SHEARER, Magnus John | Director | 1991-10-01 | 2004-08-12 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Harald | Director | — | 2020-04-30 |
| SMITH, Wills Martin | Director | — | 2007-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.