LONDON SQUARE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+70.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£286m
-3% vs 2024
Employees
265
+18.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£19m
-48.5% lowest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £133,841,000 | £197,932,000 | £331,133,000 | +67.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,448,000 | £915,000 | £2,638,000 | +188.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,911,000 | -£12,797,000 | -£19,000,000 | -48.5% | |
| Net profit | -£11,689,000 | -£13,375,000 | -£8,710,000 | +34.9% | |
| Cash | £37,887,000 | £8,555,000 | £14,607,000 | +70.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,728,000 | £581,982,000 | £610,610,000 | +4.9% | |
| Net assets | £36,240,000 | £294,348,000 | £285,638,000 | -3% | |
| Equity | £36,240,000 | £294,348,000 | £285,638,000 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 178 | 223 | 265 | +18.8% | |
| Wages | £16,200,000 | £25,117,000 | £27,478,000 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,451,000 | £4,399,000 | £3,565,000 | -19% |
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 | -4.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.7% | -6.8% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.2% | 62.8% | 66.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 3.37x | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | -0.75x | 0.06x | 0.10x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- LONDON SQUARE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2010-05-21 → present
- GC NEWCO 2 LIMITED 2010-04-09 → 2010-05-21
- DE FACTO 1747 LIMITED 2010-02-17 → 2010-04-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period and so continue to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LONDON SQUARE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED · parent
- London Square (Walton-on-Thames) Holdings Ltd 100%
- London Square (Walton-on-Thames) Ltd 100%
- London Square (Putney) Ltd 100%
- One Linear Place Management Company Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Aldar has contributed £400m of funding to the London Square Group since acquisition and London Square has deployed this along with additional debt financing into the London residential development market.”
- “During the year, the Group secured a £150m three-year, unsecured sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with Societe Generale, Intesa Sanpaolo, Emirates NDB Bank and Mashreqbank. At year end, this facility has largely remained undrawn.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVANOVA, Boyana Krasimirova | Secretary | 2024-04-26 | — | — |
| AL DHIYEBI, Talal Shaffique Abdullah | Director | 2023-11-30 | Nov 1984 | Emirati |
| BROWN, Scott Douglas | Director | 2013-11-26 | Apr 1968 | Australian |
| DUDLEY, David Manson | Director | 2023-11-30 | Mar 1974 | British |
| EMERY, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2023-11-30 | Jan 1966 | British |
| EVANS, Mark Stewart | Director | 2019-01-16 | Aug 1969 | British |
| FALAKNAZ, Faisal Mohammed Abdulrahman | Director | 2023-11-30 | May 1987 | Emirati |
| KIERNEY, David Alexander | Director | 2024-04-26 | Jun 1984 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Adam Paul | Director | 2010-04-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MCDONAGH, Joanna Juanita | Director | 2024-04-26 | Aug 1984 | British |
| MESIC, Damir | Director | 2024-04-26 | Sep 1981 | Dutch |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAYTON, Richard Martin | Secretary | 2010-03-26 | 2010-04-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Adam | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2024-04-26 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-02-17 | 2010-03-26 |
| BETSY, Brian Anthony | Director | 2013-05-31 | 2018-05-04 |
| BRACKEN, Ruth | Director | 2010-02-17 | 2010-03-26 |
| CRAYTON, Richard Martin | Director | 2010-03-26 | 2010-04-01 |
| FORD, Peter Thomas | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2013-05-31 |
| GAVIN, Sean James | Director | 2024-04-26 | 2026-04-13 |
| HUDSON, Steven Simon | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2023-11-30 |
| KIERNEY, David Alexander | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2023-11-30 |
| LITTLER, Rebecca Susan | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2020-04-03 |
| MACIEJEWSKI, Andy | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2023-11-30 |
| MCDONAGH, Joanna Juanita | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2023-11-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Matthew Steven | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| SMITH, Mark Clive | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2023-11-30 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-02-17 | 2010-03-26 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-02-17 | 2010-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Square Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-04 | Active |
| London Square (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.