LONDON MARINE CONSULTANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6m
+33.2% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2m
+33.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
30
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£711k
-37.4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,779,108 | £1,258,427 | £6,253,526 | £8,183,226 | £5,653,937 | £9,788,338 | +73.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£518,351 | -£503,193 | — | -£106,833 | £1,134,992 | £685,467 | -39.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£507,552 | -£503,193 | -£355,103 | -£106,833 | £1,135,294 | £710,563 | -37.4% | |
| Net profit | -£414,778 | -£1,406,867 | -£355,103 | -£106,833 | £2,139,508 | £495,063 | -76.9% | |
| Cash | £1,848,505 | £840,815 | £2,339,087 | £959,380 | £1,937,655 | £2,581,023 | +33.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,222,783 | -£184,084 | -£539,187 | -£646,020 | £1,493,488 | £1,988,551 | +33.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £1,493,488 | £1,988,551 | +33.1% | |
| Equity | £1,222,783 | -£184,084 | -£539,187 | -£646,020 | £1,493,488 | £1,988,551 | +33.1% | |
| Average employees | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,219,065 | £1,119,817 | £1,481,108 | £1,975,268 | £2,539,225 | £2,190,770 | -13.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £175,614 | £156,620 | £161,616 | £200,510 | £239,233 | £182,912 | -23.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £155,409 | £204,941 | £NaN | NaN% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -29.1% | -40.0% | — | -1.3% | 20.1% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | -23.3% | -111.8% | -5.7% | -1.3% | 37.8% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -42.4% | — | — | — | 76.0% | 34.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 61.1% | 77.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.86x | 1.63x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | -16.09x | — | — | — | — | — |
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
- Thorne Lancaster Parker
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors thus consider that the Company have adequate resources to continue their operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt a going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Annual Report and Accounts.”
Significant events
- “We are also starting to perform early study work into Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) another area of growth at government and business level that is a key initiative for net-zero plans globally”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNSTAN, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2018-05-02 | Nov 1971 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Laurence Harvey | Director | 2025-12-31 | May 1963 | British |
| VOGT, Lars Gunnar | Director | 2023-05-16 | Sep 1967 | Norwegian |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHARMAL, Farid Yusufali | Secretary | — | 2004-12-14 |
| DUNSTAN, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 2004-12-14 | 2015-09-16 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Michael Robert | Director | 2002-05-10 | 2004-04-30 |
| BRUNT, David Charles | Director | 2023-05-16 | 2025-12-31 |
| COATES, Robert William James | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2012-09-07 |
| DUNSTAN, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2001-01-29 | 2015-09-16 |
| LAI, Michael Kai Jin | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2018-12-28 |
| LEE, Lionel Chye Tek | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2017-07-25 |
| MARTIN, Richard Stewart Whittle | Director | — | 2024-12-31 |
| SALTER, Declan John | Director | 2005-01-14 | 2006-12-27 |
| SQUIRE, Andrew John | Director | — | 2004-10-27 |
| TAY, Chin Kwang | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2021-09-28 |
| WOOD, Timothy Michael | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2017-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Marine Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-06-28 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-06-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.