LANG & POTTER MARINE LIMITED
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Cash
£702k
+172.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.3m
+19.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
122
-11.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1m
-17.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,622,473 | £13,407,032 | £14,204,209 | £15,563,409 | £12,336,921 | -20.7% | |
| Operating profit | £17,292 | £607,046 | £870,598 | £1,254,436 | £1,036,374 | -17.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,917 | £604,252 | £866,809 | £1,261,337 | £1,036,374 | -17.8% | |
| Net profit | £5,421 | £486,463 | £685,761 | £945,841 | £774,198 | -18.1% | |
| Cash | £108,820 | £352,924 | £117,410 | £258,012 | £702,348 | +172.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,568,035 | £1,646,991 | £1,812,236 | £1,920,709 | £2,262,793 | +17.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,502,071 | £1,588,534 | £1,785,739 | £1,881,580 | £2,255,778 | +19.9% | |
| Equity | £1,502,071 | £1,588,534 | £1,785,739 | £1,881,580 | £2,255,778 | +19.9% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 132 | 133 | 138 | 122 | -11.6% | |
| Wages | £3,878,669 | £3,641,076 | £3,882,603 | £4,477,057 | £3,971,604 | -11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 8.1% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 36.9% | 48.0% | 65.3% | 45.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.7% | 70.6% | 66.3% | 62.1% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.46x | 1.57x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 3.95x | — | — | — | — |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result of this review, the Directors believe that the company is a Going Concern for 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and, as such, the financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, Martin George | Director | 2025-11-12 | Sep 1969 | British |
| POTTER, David William Bragg | Director | 2001-09-12 | Jul 1945 | British |
| ROBINSON, Rachel Emma | Director | 2025-11-12 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTER, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2001-09-12 | 2017-08-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David William Bragg Potter | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-30 |
| Lang And Potter Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.