MERVYN LAMBERT PLANT LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
+27.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£22m
+7.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
115
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,664,525 | £18,140,938 | £20,779,760 | £22,158,731 | £20,230,178 | £21,878,406 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,411,383 | £1,941,526 | £2,810,415 | £4,468,931 | £2,797,655 | £3,439,334 | +22.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,086,100 | £1,688,925 | £2,523,866 | £4,099,977 | £2,299,027 | £2,847,643 | +23.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,578,613 | £996,560 | £2,035,715 | £3,122,411 | £1,697,575 | £2,142,643 | +26.2% | |
| Cash | £5,720,103 | £4,730,448 | £2,531,701 | £5,774,132 | £3,231,739 | £4,113,928 | +27.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,393,904 | £23,246,132 | £25,835,211 | £28,926,531 | £31,173,243 | £34,788,246 | +11.6% | |
| Net assets | £15,004,314 | £15,350,874 | £16,736,589 | £19,209,000 | £20,256,575 | £21,749,218 | +7.4% | |
| Equity | £15,004,314 | £15,350,874 | £16,736,589 | £19,209,000 | £20,256,575 | £21,749,218 | +7.4% | |
| Average employees | 131 | 111 | 109 | 106 | 112 | 115 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £4,094,174 | £3,671,716 | £3,899,991 | £4,040,322 | £4,618,643 | £4,984,879 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £396,630 | £385,245 | £384,930 | £406,502 | £375,302 | £246,000 | -34.5% |
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 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 10.7% | 13.5% | 20.2% | 13.8% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 5.5% | 9.8% | 14.1% | 8.4% | 9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 8.4% | 10.9% | 15.4% | 9.0% | 9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 47.6% | 49.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.64x | 1.20x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 6.99x | 7.24x | 9.24x | 9.20x | 4.39x | 4.27x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Walter Wright
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- MERVYN LAMBERT PLANT LIMITED · parent
- Intelligent Traffic Systems Ltd 40%
- TMO Traffic Highways Ltd 20%
- TMO Enterprise Holdings Ltd 20%
Significant events
- “During the previous year, the company acquired freehold property amounting to £3,620,000 from a Director, which has been offset against against amounts previously owed to the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT, Mervyn | Director | — | Mar 1948 | British |
| THOMPSON, Matthew Rodney | Director | 2022-12-16 | Dec 1988 | British |
| WEST, Peter John | Director | 2014-11-28 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT, Jennifer Dawn | Secretary | — | 1995-12-15 |
| SHEPHERD, Kevin | Secretary | 1995-12-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| ATKINS, Hayley Marion | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2013-08-31 |
| EDMUNDS, Richard John | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2022-03-25 |
| LAMBERT, James Mervyn | Director | 2006-10-27 | 2024-03-28 |
| LAMBERT, Jennifer Dawn | Director | — | 2000-10-02 |
| SHEPHERD, Kevin | Director | 1998-10-28 | 2022-03-31 |
| VARLEY, Dennis Norman | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2019-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mervyn Lambert | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.