The Firmwatch take
Lotus Chemist Limited (03759252) currently shows: Watch signal detected, based on accounts to 31 August 2024; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Old public accounts — extracted from the latest filed accounts.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Aug 2024·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
26 April 1999
27 years on the register
Sector
Dispensing chemist
SIC 47730
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£2
Bottom 30% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
33/100
watch risk
Estimated public-data value
£2 - £3
medium confidence - net asset range
Sector comparison
Sector: Retail
Sample: 137,205 companies
Negative net assets: 22.7%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£845
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£2,858
- Sector median current ratio
- 1.09
Thin net asset buffer
The company reports a small visible net asset position.
Limited working capital
The short-term asset buffer is positive but small.
Accounts are ageing
The latest extracted accounts period is more than 21 months old.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Bottom 30% in sector · Sector medians shown for 137,205 retailers (2024).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
Not disclosed
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£20,671
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
£2
Median £3k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
Not disclosed
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
£2
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
£2
Median £847
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
£2
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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