Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 8 & 9 Easter Inch Road, Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Bathgate, West Lothian EH48 2FG
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 06/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-05 with no updates
- 21/03/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 30/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Kevin James Macdonald on 2024-10-31
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
19/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 05/05/2026Due 19/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 05/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 05/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£527.70K2025
-23.35%vs 20242024: £688.49K
Total Assets
£1.80M2025
16.90%vs 20242024: £1.54M
Cash in Bank
£236.39K2025
64.36%vs 20242024: £143.83K
Total Liabilities
£1.27M2025
49.37%vs 20242024: £853.54K
Employees
202025
-1vs 20242024: 21
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 49.37% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -3.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | -1 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023 | 21 | +1 |
| 2022 | 20 | +1 |
| 2021 | 19 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 19 in 2021 to 20 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
18Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 05/05/1993–05/05/1993 | 8306 | |
| Nominee Director | 05/05/1993–05/05/1993 | 3681 | |
| Director | 14/11/2018–24/12/2018 | 50 | |
| Director | 01/03/2020–Present | 50 | |
| Director | 31/05/2001–24/12/2020 | 3 | |
| Director | 31/05/2001–14/11/2018 | 2 | |
| Director | 13/10/2010–14/11/2018 | 1 | |
| Director | 05/05/1993–31/05/2001 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/05/2001–14/11/2018 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 14/11/2018–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 14/11/2018–Present | 42 | |
| Director | 05/05/1993–31/05/2001 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/11/2018–Present | 13 | |
| Director | 14/11/2018–Present | 32 | |
| Director | 13/10/2010–14/11/2018 | 6 | |
| Director | 03/10/2007–14/11/2018 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 05/05/1993–31/05/2001 | 0 | |
| Director | 28/03/2022–Present | 1 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–14/11/2018 | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–14/11/2018 | 2 | |
| 14/11/2018–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 126
- Since 05/05/1993
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 06/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 06/04/2026
Filing timeline
- 06/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-05 with no updates
- 21/03/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 30/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Kevin James Macdonald on 2024-10-31
- 25/09/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 26/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-05 with no updates
- 28/09/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 01/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-05 with no updates
- 28/09/2022View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2021-12-31
- 07/06/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-05-05 with no updates
- 11/05/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr John Docherty as a director on 2022-03-28
- 11/08/2021View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2020-12-31
Showing 12 of 126 filings
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About LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 8 & 9 Easter Inch Road, Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Bathgate, West Lothian EH48 2FG. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 33 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £527.70K and 20 employees.
LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007).
LOTHIAN VEHICLE BODYBUILDERS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 05/05/1993.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £527.70K, total assets of £1.80M, cash in bank of £236.39K and total liabilities of £1.27M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 06/04/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-12-31, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 19/05/2027.
Companies House lists 18 officers (6 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (1 current).