LOWE AND OLIVER LIMITED
Company number 02152241 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lowe and Oliver Limited merits conditional credit approval based on its established trading history, improving financial trajectory, and strategic positioning in the growing renewables sector. The primary credit concerns are thin margins (sub-2%), high leverage, and the inherent cyclicality of construction, mitigated by the company's Royal Warrant reputation, expanding recurring revenue base, and consistent profit retention. Standard construction-sector covenants and quarterly monitoring of cash conversion are recommended.
Shareholders' funds
£1,475,348
Balance sheet as at 2025-01-31
What it does
an electrical and mechanical contractor.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-08-03
- Employees
- 128 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Cumnor Road Wootton, Boars Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 5JW
- Postcode
- OX1 5JW
- Capital
- 505,556 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-08-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43210 Electrical installation
- 43220 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Officers 9 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by LOWE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-07-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£26,607 total awarded value where published.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LOWE HOLDINGS LIMITED | 1990-02-21 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PO BOX 303, CUMNOR ROAD, WOOTTON BOARS HILL, OXFORD, OX1 5JZ | 2011-08-10 |
| PO BOX, CUMNOR RD WOOTON, BOARS HILL, OXFORD OX1 5JZ | 1991-02-11 |
| 7 BERKELEY SQ, BRISTOL, BS8 1HG | 1990-02-08 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 340 similar companies in OX
3rd largest employer among its local peers (128 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.5 of the largest electrical installation companies in Oxford →
Competitors Oxford
This company ranks 5 among electrical installation in Oxford.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.