LUCID DIRECT LIMITED
Company number 04519193 · Monitor this company
The annual accounts for this company are overdue.
Executive summary
Lucid Direct Limited operates at the micro end of the UK newspaper and stationery retail/distribution sector (SIC 47620), a structurally declining category exposed to print circulation erosion, wholesale consolidation and sharp cost inflation from the National Living Wage, employer NICs and reduced business rates relief. While the business remains modestly profitable (£83,274 in FY2024) and runs an asset-light, inventory-free model within a small family-controlled group, its capital position is severely depleted — shareholders' funds have fallen 97% since 2015 to just £12,178 (a 3.3% equity ratio), cash is down 91%, and an 86% dividend payout has left no reinvestment buffer. With 31% of current assets tied up in overdrawn directors' loans, an adjusted quick ratio of 0.48, overdue FY2025 accounts and a tripling of the tax creditor, the company's liquidity and compliance profile sits well below sector norms and represents the principal risk to its continued trading.
Shareholders' funds
£12,178
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-08-27
- Employees
- 2 (2024 accounts · was 3 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Unit 1b Spinnaker Court, Becketts Wharf, Hampton Wick, Surrey, KT1 4ER
- Postcode
- KT1 4ER
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-25
- Next due by
- 2027-08-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47620 Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Political donations 2
£2,700 in registered political donations since 2006.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- lucid-direct.co.uk
- Phone
- 015960785, 02233374943
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ANYTIME ANYWHERE COURIERS LTD | 2003-09-21 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 24A, SANDY FARM BUSINESS CENTRE, THE SANDS FARNHAM, SURREY, GU10 1PX | 2009-01-05 |
| UNIT 24A, SANDY FARM BUSINESS CENTRE, THE SANDS FARNHAM, SURREY, GU10 1PX | 2009-01-05 |
| 1ST FLOOR ST ANDREWS HOUSE, UPPER HAM ROAD, RICHMOND, SURREY TW10 5LA | 2006-06-27 |
| MERRYLANDS, POLESDEN LANE, RIPLEY, WOKING, SURREY GU23 6DX | 2004-07-05 |
| 1 - 7 BENT STREET, CHEETHAM HILL, MANCHESTER, M8 8NF | 2002-10-24 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 11 similar companies in KT, trading since 2002
Competitors Epsom
-
1. LCE(N8) LTD
This company ranks 6 among retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores in Epsom.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,937 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2009-06-01
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL321362 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2009-06-01 | — |
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