LOWRY BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD
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Cash
£12M
+123.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+22% vs 2024
Employees
108
+8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.7M
+15.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,503,491 | £57,597,508 | +11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £4,725,297 | £5,051,891 | +6.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,972,285 | £5,727,939 | +15.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,721,403 | £4,304,337 | +15.7% | |
| Cash | £5,467,890 | £12,228,633 | +123.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,967,811 | £24,286,337 | +21.6% | |
| Net assets | £19,574,955 | £23,878,292 | +22% | |
| Equity | £19,574,955 | £23,878,292 | +22% | |
| Average employees | 100 | 108 | +8% | |
| Wages | £4,540,917 | £6,979,363 | +53.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £714,964 | £1,239,488 | +73.4% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.7% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.22x |
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
- Tyrone Accountancy Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements indicate profit before tax of £5.7m for the year to 31 March 2025. The company returned a net profit of £5.0m in the prior period. Business projections indicate increasing levels of turnover and profitabilty for the foreseeable future. The business continues to demonstrate growth in revenue, continuing profitability and increased net asset position. The owners have expressed their satisfaction with the performance of the business and confirmed their support for the company going forward. Based on the above, it is deemed appropriate for the company to be regarded as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LOWRY BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD · parent
- Woodvale Lowry JV Limited 50%
- DLG Water Limited 33.33%
- DLJ Water Limited 33.33%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year end.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Helen | Director | 2011-02-18 | Sep 1965 | British |
| LOWRY, Ian | Director | 2025-02-28 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWRY, Ian | Director | 2011-02-18 | 2011-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Lowry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-10-17 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Lowry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-02-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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.