LANCER SCOTT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.4M
Equity attributable
Employees
66
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.1M
Period ending 2025-09-30
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
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,917,795 | £33,245,495 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,969,689 | £2,008,065 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,966,404 | £2,062,446 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,443,857 | £1,559,474 | — | |
| Cash | £1,499,988 | £2,280,536 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,532,155 | £2,463,427 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,443,957 | £2,379,028 | — | |
| Equity | £1,443,957 | £2,379,028 | — | |
| Average employees | 72 | 66 | — | |
| Wages | £3,815,917 | £3,514,005 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £117,682 | £159,369 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 14 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 128.6% | 81.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.8% | 85.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.16x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have therefore concluded that there are no material uncertainties which may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company and Group to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Group completed a legal restructure on the 27th August 2023.”
- “The entity that was Lancer Scott Ltd became Lancer Scott Facilities Management Ltd. Three new companies came into existence as trading entities, Lancer Scott Holdings Ltd, Lancer Scott Construction Ltd and Lancer Scott Construction West Ltd.”
- “As at 1 October 2025, there has been a group restructure to align the subsidiary companies directly under Lancer Scott Holdings Limited.”
- “On the 30 September 2025, Lancer Scott Construction Limited, waived the intercompany debt with Lancer Scott Construction West Limited by way of a distribution in specie.”
- “In April 2026, new share options were granted and certain historical share options were cancelled. These changes are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONSTOW, Kieron Francis | Director | 2025-04-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
| COOKE, Morian | Director | 2023-05-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| EVANS, Darren Peter | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1968 | British |
| JONES, David Andrew | Director | 2023-05-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| KEELEY, Indrani | Director | 2023-06-20 | Jan 1966 | British |
| TWEEDIE, Stuart Ian | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLLARS, Gary Francis | Director | 2023-06-20 | 2024-06-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancer Scott Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-01 | Active |
| Lancer Scott Facilities Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-07 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
| Lancer Scott Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-01 | Ceased 2023-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-12-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.