ASHWOODS LIGHTFOOT LIMITED
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Cash
£905K
-27.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£744K
+29.3% vs 2023
Employees
79
+12.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£503K
-68.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,825,732 | £15,268,599 | +29.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,672,888 | £673,001 | -59.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,590,406 | £502,598 | -68.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,354,092 | £308,331 | -77.2% | |
| Cash | £1,240,219 | £904,560 | -27.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,052,767 | -£744,436 | +29.3% | |
| Equity | -£1,052,767 | -£744,436 | +29.3% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 79 | +12.9% | |
| Wages | £2,368,566 | £3,455,391 | +45.9% | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 108.8% | 104.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | 20.28x | 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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has assessed the Company's financial position, cash flows, and funding sources, as well as its continued support from its investor Volpi Capital LLP, and believes that it has adequate resources to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As a result, the going concern assumption is considered appropriate, and no adjustments have been made to the carrying values of assets or liabilities.”
Significant events
- “Lightfoot continues to be a leader amongst its competitors and is constantly innovating to create solutions to our customers problems, as demonstrated through development of our new income stream 'Winnie' and the gamification of this proposition.”
- “2024 was a year of continued growth with sales growing by 29.1% to £15.3m, and our total connected units (including Winnie & Camera units) growing by 21.5% to 89,675.”
- “The material macro risks to the business remain the ongoing disruption to global supply chains driven by geopolitical tensions, including the invasion of Ukraine, alongside changes to global trade and tariffs, and inflationary pressures linked to the cost of living crisis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLICK, Paul Thomas | Director | 2025-04-17 | Aug 1973 | British |
| ROBERTS, Mark David Marling | Director | 2012-11-09 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WARMAN, Neil | Director | 2022-07-14 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLISON, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2021-10-20 |
| TAYLOR, Rupert Lyon | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2025-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightfoot Innovations Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark David Marling Roberts | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2017-03-16 |
| Mr Lloyd Conway Ash | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2017-03-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.