LBP (UK) LTD
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Cash
£1.8m
+72% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2.3m
+18.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
68
+6.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+67.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £14,487,508 | £15,628,739 | £17,525,016 | +12.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £519,346 | £1,047,444 | £1,733,766 | +65.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £515,971 | £1,063,218 | £1,778,199 | +67.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £366,991 | £792,129 | £1,332,066 | +68.2% | |
| Cash | £36,999 | £175,175 | £206,270 | £203,064 | £1,060,917 | £1,824,894 | +72% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£198,119 | £442,047 | £793,469 | £1,321,553 | £2,182,194 | £2,530,013 | +15.9% | |
| Net assets | -£293,122 | £341,231 | £696,669 | £1,134,713 | £1,926,842 | £2,279,931 | +18.3% | |
| Equity | -£293,122 | £341,231 | £767,722 | £1,134,713 | £1,926,842 | £2,279,931 | +18.3% | |
| Average employees | 49 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 64 | 68 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,258,981 | £2,255,274 | £2,439,287 | +8.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £302,440 | £290,928 | £271,825 | -6.6% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.6% | 6.7% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.5% | 5.1% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 39.3% | 48.0% | 68.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 48.8% | 51.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.01x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 50.86x | — | — |
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
- LBP (UK) LTD 2013-05-07 → present
- LA BOITE A PAIN LTD 2010-08-23 → 2013-05-07
- LA BOIT A PAIN LTD 2010-06-23 → 2010-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and harness opportunities in the current economic conditions and will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The annual financial statements of the company have therefore appropriately been prepared on a going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANDECAVEYE, Nico | Director | 2019-04-23 | Mar 1963 | Belgian |
| VERHASSELT, Luc | Director | 2024-10-30 | Jan 1967 | Belgian |
| WRIGHT, Mark | Director | 2010-06-23 | Feb 1980 | English |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAO, Thomas Jean Pierre | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2024-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capvest Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2025-09-30 | Active |
| Nv La Lorraine Bakery Group | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2024-10-01 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Mark John Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Mr Thomas Jean Pierre Mao | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.