LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£982M
-3.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£32M
+5.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £26,757,000 | -£5,394,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | -£32,329,000 | +5.6% | |
| Net profit | £6,080,000 | -£34,243,000 | -£32,329,000 | +5.6% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,541,108,000 | £1,013,831,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | £981,502,000 | -3.2% | |
| Equity | £1,048,074,000 | £1,013,831,000 | £981,502,000 | -3.2% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | -0.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 35.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 8.51x | 0.33x | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.72x | -0.13x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED 1997-11-28 → present
- ALNERY NO. 1691 LIMITED 1997-10-01 → 1997-11-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's balance sheet shows net assets of £981,502k (2024: £1,013,831k) and net current liabilities of £405,566k (2024: £373,237k). The Company participates in the Group centralised treasury arrangements. The company is expected to remain cash generative and therefore be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period until 30 June 2027. After considering all of the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation to conclude that the Company has adequate resources to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED · parent
- Lafarge International Holdings Limited 100%
- Lafarge Redland Readymix 100%
- Associated International Cement Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the escalation of geopolitical conflict in the Middle East in February/March 2026 increased regional instability. The Company expects this event to be short-term without any significant adverse impact on its investments.”
- “Decrease in cost of investment and accumulated impairment during the year is related to struck-off/dissolution of Lafarge UK Holdings Limited (LUKH).”
- “AIC disposed off its direct investments in East African Portland Cement Limited and Lafarge Africa Plc during the year. Indirect investments in Ashakacem Plc and Wapsila Nigeria Limited has been disposed off as part of Lafarge Africa Plc divestment since both the aforementioned entities are direct subsidiaries of Lafarge Africa Plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLEY, Simon Gregory | Director | 2016-03-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| JAQUES, Laurent | Director | 2018-05-31 | Aug 1976 | Swiss |
| LYONS, Garrath Malcolm | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Neil Robert Moffat | Secretary | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Secretary | 1998-04-27 | 2007-04-13 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Secretary | 2013-01-07 | 2013-10-23 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Secretary | 2013-10-23 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 2009-06-19 | 2010-01-04 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-01-04 | 2013-01-07 |
| BEARDMORE, Andrew Stuart | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-04-27 |
| BERTHON, Denis Pierre Rene | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1998-10-06 |
| BLATZ, Jean Charles | Director | 2004-04-09 | 2006-05-05 |
| BOLDT, Katrin Gertrude | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-05-31 |
| BOUBEE, Patrice | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-05-05 |
| CLOISEAU, Jean Pierre | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2006-06-20 |
| COLLIGNON, Marie-Cecile | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DE LIEDEKERKE, Charles | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2004-04-09 |
| DWYER, Justine Anne | Director | 2020-04-29 | 2023-06-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Raymond Alfred | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2007-04-13 |
| FENNELL, Sonia | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2011-01-05 |
| GRANGE, Bernard, Sr. | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2015-12-01 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-07 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2009-06-19 |
| HARRIS, Richard Mark | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| HOOREMAN, Dominique Georges Jacques | Director | 1997-11-27 | 2002-05-29 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| JAMES, Dyfrig Morgan | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2009-02-25 |
| KRANZ, Andreas | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2016-06-30 |
| LANYON, Phillip Thomas Edward | Director | 2010-08-16 | 2013-01-07 |
| LOVELL, John Sinclair | Director | 2012-11-22 | 2013-10-31 |
| MILLS, Peter William Joseph | Director | 2006-02-21 | 2010-06-30 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2020-04-29 |
| MOLLER, Howard Bruce | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2010-06-02 |
| POWELL, Rebecca Joan | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2011-09-01 |
| REID, Ian Maclean | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2003-04-04 |
| SCHERRER, Alain | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2017-08-01 |
| TEMPLAR-COATES, Oliver Trevor Marwood | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2018-01-12 |
| TOURLIERE, Patrice Marie Michel | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2009-03-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-01 | 1997-11-27 |
| LAFARGE DIRECTORS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financiere Lafarge Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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