LIGTAS LIMITED
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Cash
£137K
+79.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£711K
-25.6% vs 2024
Employees
78
+8.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£73K
-69.9% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £5,309,363 | £5,660,092 | +6.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £289,276 | £116,555 | -59.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £244,422 | £73,453 | -69.9% | |
| Net profit | £19,857 | £18,338 | £244,422 | £73,453 | -69.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | £76,016 | £136,504 | +79.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,062,694 | £808,983 | -23.9% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £955,275 | £710,728 | -25.6% | |
| Equity | — | — | £955,275 | £710,728 | -25.6% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 72 | 78 | +8.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.4% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.6% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 27.2% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 51.2% | — | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 6.45x | 2.70x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LIGTAS LIMITED 2019-06-13 → present
- VJA HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-05-24 → 2019-06-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following this review and consideration of all reasonably possible changes in trading performance, there is still sufficient headroom throughout the going concern period, comprising of cash and availability on invoice discounting facilities. As such, the directors concluded that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements of the company.”
Group structure
- LIGTAS LIMITED · parent
- Ligtas Consultancy & Training Limited 100%
- Ligtas Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMEAD, Shaun | Director | 2019-05-24 | Oct 1966 | British |
| VRANCH, Alexis | Director | 2019-05-24 | Feb 1981 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Simon | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2022-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Alexis Vranch | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-10-06 | Ceased 2024-01-10 |
| Mr Simon Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-24 | Ceased 2022-10-06 |
| Mr Shaun Ashmead | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.