LA FOSSE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Cash
£5.3m
-11.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.8m
+74.4% vs 2024
Employees
210
-19.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.6m
+95.8% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £195,327,355 | £195,266,285 | £183,049,660 | -6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £5,852,089 | £4,555,887 | £6,432,390 | +41.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,499,314 | £2,860,217 | £5,601,419 | +95.8% | |
| Net profit | £7,979,961 | £2,097,376 | £3,987,609 | +90.1% | |
| Cash | £547,985 | £6,017,146 | £5,348,978 | -11.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,953,874 | £6,665,651 | £6,429,808 | -3.5% | |
| Net assets | £15,137,662 | £2,738,307 | £4,775,948 | +74.4% | |
| Equity | £15,137,662 | £2,738,307 | £4,775,948 | +74.4% | |
| Average employees | 348 | 261 | 210 | -19.5% | |
| Wages | £24,017,108 | £23,395,174 | £20,530,148 | -12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £737,969 | £733,842 | £651,972 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,863 | £4,268 | £3,220 | -24.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £305,303 | £309,000 | £352,615 | +14.1% |
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 | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 1.1% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.4% | 68.3% | 100.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.1% | 94.0% | 87.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.17x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 4.32x | 2.69x | 7.51x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have made an assessment in preparing these financial statements as to whether the Group is a going concern and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that may cast doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LA FOSSE ASSOCIATES LIMITED · parent
- La Fosse Associates USA Limited 100%
- La Fosse Associates Ireland Limited 100%
- La Fosse Associates BV 100%
- La Fosse FZCO 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company waived a loan amount of £2,000,000 to the Employee Ownership Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Katherine Elizabeth Miller | Secretary | 2026-08-03 | — | — |
| LA FOSSE, Simon Dominic | Director | 2008-10-22 | Jul 1964 | British |
| LEUW, Martin Philip | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1962 | British |
| PATEL, Urvesh | Director | 2025-01-24 | Aug 1983 | British |
| WHITING, Oliver | Director | 2021-09-24 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELTON, Darren | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-03-24 |
| LA FOSSE, Linda | Director | 2008-10-22 | 2025-12-01 |
| MCKAY, Jonathan | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2024-12-31 |
| PARKER, James | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2023-03-13 |
| ROBERTS, David | Director | 2021-09-24 | 2022-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Fosse Trustee Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-13 | Active |
| Linda La Fosse | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr Simon Dominic La Fosse | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-03-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.