LDRA LIMITED
Company number 01206888 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
LDRA Limited, a near-50-year veteran of the UK's safety-critical software verification tools sector, is experiencing a significant financial reversal after years of steady growth. The FY2025 retained earnings decline of approximately £1.84M and cash depletion from £2.47M (FY2023) to £807K represents a material deterioration that contrasts sharply with the company's historical trajectory and typical industry benchmarks for stable software tools businesses. While the company retains a net asset position of £2.80M, freehold property backing, and group support from German parent Tasking GmbH, the opacity of filleted small-company accounts makes it difficult to determine whether this deterioration reflects operational underperformance, intercompany restructuring, or one-off adjustments—and this uncertainty represents the most significant risk for stakeholders assessing the company's competitive resilience in an increasingly consolidated market.
Shareholders' funds
£2,798,993
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1975-04-09
- Employees
- 39 (2025 accounts · was 41 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Portside, Monks Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 5LH
- Postcode
- CH41 5LH
- Capital
- 36,300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-03
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-27
- Next due by
- 2027-04-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62020 Information technology consultancy activities
Officers 4 current · 20 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by Tasking Germany Gmbh (HRB269919) — since 2025-02-15
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7271692 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- ldralimited.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LIVERPOOL DATA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LIMITED | 2015-01-27 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 71-73 HOGHTON STREET, SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE, PR9 0PR | 2015-01-19 |
| 71-73 HOGHTON STREET, SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE PR9 0PR | 2005-06-08 |
| 399 LORD STREET, SOUTHPORT, MERSEYSIDE, PR9 OAS | 2004-04-13 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 497 similar companies in CH
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (39 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1975.
No.3 of the largest information technology consultancy activities companies in Chester →
Competitors Chester
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5. MCL 1208 LTD
This company ranks 3 among information technology consultancy activities in Chester.
The class of 1975
52%
of the 5,874 companies incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-18
- Price paid, where recorded
- £400,000
- Where
- Merseyside (1), West Berkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS668542 | Merseyside | Freehold | 2019-04-18 | — |
| BK491115 | West Berkshire | Freehold | 2018-04-03 | £400,000 |
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