G.B. KENT & SONS PLC
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Cash
£522k
-47.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
-7.3% vs 2024
Employees
43
+7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£326k
-784.9% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,612,117 | £11,314,479 | £11,095,627 | £6,736,661 | £8,126,068 | £6,290,653 | -22.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,050,265 | £1,852,814 | £1,037,637 | -£828,497 | £38,621 | -£327,394 | -947.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,045,874 | £1,852,985 | £1,037,297 | -£826,550 | £47,553 | -£325,696 | -784.9% | |
| Net profit | £967,037 | £1,665,418 | £941,765 | — | £45,856 | -£166,669 | -463.5% | |
| Cash | £1,357,130 | £1,573,793 | £2,187,729 | £978,930 | £1,001,634 | £522,170 | -47.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,049,763 | £9,407,708 | £10,075,447 | £8,915,745 | £8,678,449 | £7,980,737 | -8% | |
| Net assets | £7,132,124 | £8,480,755 | £9,128,155 | £7,968,453 | £7,731,157 | £7,165,935 | -7.3% | |
| Equity | £7,132,124 | £8,480,755 | £9,128,155 | £7,968,453 | £7,731,157 | £7,165,935 | -7.3% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 43 | +7.5% | |
| Wages | £1,071,109 | £1,116,271 | £1,420,471 | £1,400,842 | £1,468,611 | £1,494,782 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £16,848 | £16,848 | £17,862 | £18,200 | £18,200 | £12,892 | -29.2% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.2% | 16.4% | 9.4% | -12.3% | 0.5% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 14.7% | 8.5% | — | 0.6% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 19.7% | 10.3% | -9.3% | 0.4% | -4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.8% | 19.4% | 15.5% | 17.5% | 22.3% | 19.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.66x | 4.27x | 4.89x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Whitemoor Audit 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSBY, Alan Hugo Lambert | Director | — | Aug 1948 | British |
| COSBY, Benjamin Giles Hugo | Director | 2010-11-23 | Oct 1975 | British |
| WRIGHT, Stephen Ian | Director | 2023-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Secretary | — | 1996-10-01 |
| DAVIS, Stephen Peter | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2009-10-10 |
| COSBY, Marcia Rose | Director | — | 2025-06-23 |
| CRAWSHAW, Dennis Horton | Director | — | 1996-10-01 |
| DAVIS, Stephen Peter | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2014-05-13 |
| DIXON, Alan | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2000-03-07 |
| KERN, Leon | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| LEE, Malcolm Herbert Neville | Director | — | 1998-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosby Brushes (Chrh) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Alan Hugo Lambert Cosby | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-18 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.