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GILBERTSON & PAGE LIMITED

#00055762 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1898-01-24 (128y 6m) · Last filing 2026-04-17 (3mo ago)
Consumer Staples · SIC 10910 · C Manufacturing · Group accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2027-04-19 (in 10 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£12M

+18.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£18M

+12.8% vs 2023

Employees

125

-3.8% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2.9M

+2.6% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £52,435,929£50,509,986 -3.7%
Operating profit £2,749,394£2,574,027 -6.4%
Profit before tax £2,864,753£2,937,942 +2.6%
Net profit £2,125,978£2,219,582 +4.4%
Cash £10,541,625£12,470,656 +18.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £16,639,382£18,536,157 +11.4%
Net assets £15,747,688£17,767,271 +12.8%
Equity £15,747,688£17,767,271 +12.8%
Average employees 130125 -3.8%
Wages £5,701,520£6,843,591 +20%
Directors' remuneration £931,605£1,517,160 +62.9%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 5.2%5.1%
Net margin 4.1%4.4%
Return on capital employed 16.5%13.9%
Current ratio 1.82x1.98x
Interest cover 13.43x12.35x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. GILBERTSON & PAGE LIMITED 2016-06-25 → present
  2. GILBERTSON & PAGE,LIMITED 1898-01-24 → 2016-06-25

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Clive Owen LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

  1. GILBERTSON & PAGE LIMITED · parent
    1. Dr John Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant company
    2. Rooster Enterprises Limited 100% · UK · holding company, and head of a medium group
    3. WV Associates Limited 100% · UK · supplier of industrial consumables and fluids

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 17 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
WONG, Kim Kong Secretary 2007-01-01 — Malaysian
BATTERSBY, Richard Godfrey Director 2000-06-27 Nov 1942 British
DALE, Alexander Joseph Director — Mar 1957 British
HARRIS, James Andrew Director 2018-08-24 Jan 1971 British
WARE, Christopher Arthur Cory Director 2006-10-01 Nov 1972 British
WARE, Kate Louise Beata Director 2024-10-02 Jul 1975 British
WONG, Kim Kong Director 2007-06-01 Dec 1959 Malaysian
Show 17 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GRAHAM, Dianne Mary Secretary 1993-07-01 2006-12-31
THESIGER, Nina Frances Secretary — 1993-06-30
BASS, Arthur Norman Director 1992-12-01 2000-05-02
BOOTH, Alan Director 2004-07-27 2016-10-01
BRADFORD, Cyril Ernest Director 1994-02-22 1996-12-31
BRADFORD, Cyril Ernest Director — 1994-01-11
EADIE, John Harold Ward Director — 1995-05-23
FLETCHER, Derek Frederick Director 2001-06-26 2001-08-28
FLETCHER, Derek Frederick Director — 1995-03-30
GRAHAM, Diane Mary Director 2002-09-17 2018-12-31
LOWE, John Anthony Director 1994-04-01 1996-04-05
LOWE, John Anthony Director 1993-07-01 2000-05-22
NORTHOVER SMITH, Ian Director 2000-09-26 2007-06-30
RANKIN, Harold Donaldson Patrick Director — 1999-12-31
THESIGER, Nina Frances Director 1994-01-11 2002-08-06
THESIGER, Nina Frances Director — 1993-08-31
WARE, Richard Ivor Wakefield Director — 2019-02-02

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Christopher Arthur Cory Ware Individual Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) 2020-09-10 Active
Mr Richard Ivor Wakefield Ware Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-02-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 179 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-09-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-09-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-09-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-10-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-07-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-05-04 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2021-04-30 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2021-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-04-30 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2020-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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