G.R.WRIGHT & SONS LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£65m
Equity attributable
Employees
134
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8.6m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,069,326 | — | |
| Operating profit | £9,081,761 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,589,288 | — | |
| Net profit | £6,371,012 | — | |
| Cash | £11,406,939 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,697,321 | — | |
| Net assets | £65,343,257 | — | |
| Equity | £65,343,257 | — | |
| Average employees | 134 | — | |
| Wages | £5,178,708 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £568,925 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £34,907 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £176,639 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | |
| Interest cover | 11.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing these financial statements, the directors have assessed the Company's financial performance and position and believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue its operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus, we have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- G.R.WRIGHT & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Wright's Milling Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The defined benefit pension scheme began the formal process to "wind-up" on 3 November 2025, following the buy-in of all benefits in 2024 for £3.7m. This included the buy out process in order to transfer the annuity policies into the members' own names.”
- “The process was completed subsequent to the year end in April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAYE, Lorraine Joanne | Secretary | 2014-06-26 | — | — |
| KAYE, Lorraine Joanne | Director | 2014-06-26 | May 1965 | British |
| ROBINSON, Mark Patrick | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| WOODGATE, Julian Alastair | Director | 2008-01-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| WRIGHT, David Andrew | Director | — | Sep 1962 | British |
| WRIGHT, James | Director | 2017-11-01 | Dec 1989 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Lesley Joy | Secretary | — | 2014-06-26 |
| APPLEBY, Geoffrey William | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| CAVE, Alan | Director | 1993-04-05 | 2022-04-28 |
| CLACK, Simon Robert | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2022-01-27 |
| EMERTON, Brian John | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| MORRIS, Lesley Joy | Director | — | 2016-06-02 |
| WRIGHT, Kenneth Reynolds | Director | — | 1995-01-04 |
| WRIGHT, Margaret Mary | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| WYLE, Christopher John | Director | 1993-04-05 | 2007-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George William Wright | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-08-11 | Active |
| Mr James Arthur Wright | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-08-11 | Active |
| Mr David Andrew Wright | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-08-11 | Active |
| Mrs Daisy Elizabeth Olley | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-08-11 | Active |
| Mr David Andrew Wright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.