The Firmwatch take
Layman Solutions Limited is a 28-year-old information technology, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 30 September 2025) show -GBP 35k in net assets, with 1 distress signal extracted from the filing (negative net assets). No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Pulse · Net assets, 2024–2025
↘ £1kIncorporated
25 September 1997
28 years on the register
Sector
Business and domestic software development
SIC 62012
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£35k
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
High insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show multiple stress signals. Treat this as a prompt for deeper checks, not as a formal insolvency prediction.
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
−£35k
Bottom 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 149,047 IT firms
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£35k
Median £6k
Current ratio
0.0×
Median 1.6×
Signals · 3
Negative net assets
The latest filed accounts show liabilities exceeding assets.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
Sector benchmark · Information Technology
How this company compares in 149,047 IT firms
Bottom 10% in sector — Layman Solutions Limited shows −£35k in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Address pattern · CV8 1LY
547 other UK companies registered at this postcode.
Active
519
Dissolved
6
Strike-off action
20
People
Who runs this company
- LR
LAYE, Richard John
director · since 1997
Registered office
Address intelligence
547 other companies use this address.
High-volume registered-office service. Many UK companies use these legitimately, but they are also a known hosting location for shell entities. Treat this as a flag, not a verdict.
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