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LONE STAR EUROPE ACQUISITIONS LIMITED

#03618979 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1998-08-20 (28y 2m) · Last filing 2026-09-29 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 70229 · M Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-09-03 (in 11 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3.7m

+47.1% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£68m

+2.1% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

29

-12.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£1.6m

-83.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £34,241,548£40,635,230£41,211,155 +1.4%
Operating profit £1,743,230£9,641,578£1,570,951 -83.7%
Profit before tax £1,821,046£9,716,959£1,625,636 -83.3%
Net profit £1,465,013£7,345,280£1,130,521 -84.6%
Cash £3,569,563£2,543,242£3,740,220 +47.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £59,315,681£66,428,885£67,839,262 +2.1%
Net assets £59,315,681£66,428,885£67,839,262 +2.1%
Equity £59,315,681£66,428,885£67,839,262 +2.1%
Average employees 303329 -12.1%
Wages £21,189,638£21,196,457£22,406,264 +5.7%
Directors' remuneration £5,360,746£6,420,081£6,587,507 +2.6%
Directors' pension contributions £12,000£23,069£12,000 -48%
Highest paid director £2,873,964£3,978,280£4,178,204 +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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 5.1%23.7%3.8%
Net margin 4.3%18.1%2.7%
Return on capital employed 2.9%14.5%2.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 9.3%10.6%10.0%
Current ratio 10.49x9.28x9.85x

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.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. LONE STAR EUROPE ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2017-03-10 → present
  2. LONE STAR MANAGEMENT EUROPE LIMITED 2001-02-01 → 2017-03-10
  3. LONE STAR MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED 1998-08-20 → 2001-02-01
  4. LONESTAR MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED 1998-08-20 → 1998-08-20

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Buzzacott Audit LLP
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 group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern”

Group structure

  1. LONE STAR EUROPE ACQUISITIONS LIMITED · parent
    1. Lone Star France Acquisitions SARL 100% · France · Ordinary shares
    2. Lone Star Germany Acquisitions GmbH 100% · Germany · Ordinary shares
    3. Lone Star Spain Acquisitions S.L.U. 100% · Spain · Ordinary shares
    4. Lone Star Netherlands Acquisitions B.V. 100% · Netherlands · Ordinary shares
    5. L Star Portugal Acquisitions SA 100% · Portugal · Ordinary shares
    6. Lone Star Switzerland Acquisitions GmbH 100% · Switzerland · Ordinary shares
    7. Lone Star Italy Acquisitions SRL 100% · Italy · Ordinary shares

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 17 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GUNN, John Andrew Secretary 2018-09-26 — —
BEEVERS, Nicholas David Harry Director 2022-11-29 Apr 1979 British
COKER, Mark Andrew Director 2026-09-04 Feb 1965 British
GUNN, John Andrew Director 2018-09-26 Feb 1966 Irish
Show 17 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GRAYKEN, John Patrick Secretary 1998-08-20 1998-11-01
MCCONNELL, Robert Nigel Secretary 2018-06-29 2018-09-06
SMITH, Julia Denise Secretary 1998-11-01 2018-06-30
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-08-20 1998-08-20
BRAHIN, Olivier Vincent Daniel Director 2016-04-01 2018-03-01
BRAHIN, Olivier Vincent Daniel Director 2008-01-01 2013-01-03
DELL, John Donald Director 1998-08-20 2004-09-24
GRAYKEN, John Patrick Director 1998-08-20 2007-03-31
HARRIS, Robert Scott Director 1998-08-20 1999-03-31
MCCONNELL, Robert Nigel Director 2018-07-26 2018-09-06
ORF, Roger Gerard Director 2002-07-01 2004-10-04
QUINTIN, Donald John Director 2016-04-01 2026-09-28
SCHERRER, Bruno Director 2003-10-15 2008-06-10
SHORT IV, Ellis Director 2001-07-01 2007-03-31
SMITH, Julia Denise Director 2013-01-02 2018-06-29
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-08-20 1998-08-20
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-08-20 1998-08-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
John Patrick Grayken Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 110 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2019-05-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-09-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-09-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-09-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-08-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2022-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-09-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-09-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-08-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-05-10 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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