LIMBS & THINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
+87.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+24.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
219
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9m
+66.7% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,441,401 | £29,171,196 | £36,870,094 | +26.4% | |
| Operating profit | £5,080,900 | £5,012,794 | £8,637,620 | +72.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,819,236 | £5,374,972 | £8,960,545 | +66.7% | |
| Net profit | £5,326,314 | £4,166,863 | £6,541,078 | +57% | |
| Cash | £8,327,075 | £5,495,102 | £10,326,257 | +87.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,844,541 | £22,972,165 | £28,424,346 | +23.7% | |
| Net assets | £19,364,665 | £22,064,717 | £27,507,971 | +24.7% | |
| Equity | £19,364,665 | £22,064,717 | £27,507,971 | +24.7% | |
| Average employees | 243 | 223 | 219 | -1.8% | |
| Wages | £10,911,316 | £9,866,456 | £10,098,815 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,531,382 | £855,009 | £906,983 | +6.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £50,410 | £39,736 | £46,649 | +17.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £446,783 | £196,199 | £260,606 | +32.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 17.2% | 23.4% | |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 14.3% | 17.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 21.8% | 30.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.2% | 4.0% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.02x | 6.36x | 5.94x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- LIMBS & THINGS LIMITED · parent
- Limbs & Things Inc 100%
- Limbs & Things Australia 100%
- K.Waldemar Larsson AB 100%
- eoSurgical Limited* 100%
- Limbs & Things Employee Trustee Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIN, Anne | Director | 2016-09-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| BRASO, Raymond Alexander | Director | 2015-05-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| COOPER, Carolyn Margot | Director | — | Aug 1943 | Australian |
| COOPER, Tom Stockwell | Director | 2019-02-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Adam Troy | Director | 2026-08-07 | May 1971 | British |
| TAMPKINS, Patrick | Director | 2026-09-11 | Apr 1981 | British |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2026-08-07 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Nicholas James Burcombe | Secretary | — | 2017-11-03 |
| COOPER, Nicholas James Burcombe | Director | 1993-11-04 | 2017-11-03 |
| HART, Graeme Manson | Director | 2005-01-02 | 2008-08-31 |
| HULL, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2026-07-31 |
| JACKSON, Mark Bentley | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2025-10-13 |
| RILEY, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2018-07-26 |
| ROBINSON, Michael John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Carolyn Margot Cooper | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2018-10-22 |
| Mr Nicholas Paul Riley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-28 | Ceased 2018-07-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.