GRATNELLS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+35% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
80
+15.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,625,696 | £16,199,389 | £14,287,052 | -11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,565,224 | £793,893 | £3,507,625 | +341.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,548,784 | £713,150 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,130,605 | £315,892 | — | — | |
| Cash | £2,220,454 | £3,176,556 | £3,507,464 | +10.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,261,951 | £11,036,956 | £14,135,639 | +28.1% | |
| Net assets | £9,648,254 | £9,398,423 | £12,688,437 | +35% | |
| Equity | £9,648,254 | £9,398,423 | £12,688,437 | +35% | |
| Average employees | 69 | 69 | 80 | +15.9% | |
| Wages | £3,507,793 | £2,833,790 | £3,516,855 | +24.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,174,928 | £545,808 | £538,014 | -1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,666 | £22,500 | £24,000 | +6.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £989,362 | £693,758 | £146,520 | -78.9% |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 4.9% | 24.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 2.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | 7.2% | 24.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.8% | 42.5% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 1.80x | 6.30x | |
| Interest cover | 95.21x | 9.61x | — |
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
- GRATNELLS LIMITED 2011-09-20 → present
- GRATNELL'S LIMITED 1940-02-22 → 2011-09-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Haslers
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GRATNELLS LIMITED · parent
- Gratnells LLC 100%
- Gratnells International LDA 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end Gratnells invested in purchasing long term office head quarters in Madingley, Cambridge.”
- “Profit on disposal of property of £4,742,336 represents the profit arising from the disposal of the company's former office premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Murray Mccrone | Director | 2003-07-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MARAGH, Gavin Anthony | Director | 2021-05-21 | May 1984 | British |
| WILSON, Andrew David | Director | 2024-05-03 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO, Peter Errol | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2019-09-21 |
| COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1995-06-01 |
| BURROWS, Sharon Ann | Director | — | 2003-06-30 |
| HUDSON, Enid Katherine Falconer | Director | — | 2013-04-18 |
| HUDSON, Kate Mary | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2013-04-18 |
| HUDSON, Neville Agnew | Director | 2013-04-18 | 2013-10-10 |
| HUDSON, Neville Agnew | Director | — | 2012-10-18 |
| HUDSON, Trevor Gordon, Dr | Director | — | 2012-04-11 |
| MAYO, Peter Errol | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2019-09-21 |
| MINOWA, Paula | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| PEARCH, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2024-09-04 |
| SCOTT, Carol | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| SHEA, John Brian | Director | 2021-04-06 | 2025-10-20 |
| SHEA, John Brian | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2021-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adrian Wilson | Individual | Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-06-07 | Active |
| Mr Paul Roy Campbell | Individual | Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2016-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-11-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.