GL EVENTS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£6.4m
-54.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£50m
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
219
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6m
-40% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,607,704 | £60,784,883 | £58,502,679 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | £6,624,037 | £6,923,860 | £5,142,027 | -25.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,889,762 | £10,054,003 | £6,029,987 | -40% | |
| Net profit | £10,513,193 | £8,467,200 | £5,271,670 | -37.7% | |
| Cash | £9,985,350 | £14,004,818 | £6,390,619 | -54.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £56,771,964 | £53,340,953 | -6% | |
| Net assets | £52,225,650 | £52,558,884 | £50,050,239 | -4.8% | |
| Equity | £52,225,650 | £52,558,884 | £50,050,239 | -4.8% | |
| Average employees | 207 | 212 | 219 | +3.3% | |
| Wages | £8,704,199 | £9,430,111 | £10,117,670 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £516,696 | £619,470 | £700,834 | +13.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £116,074 | £56,128 | £58,470 | +4.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £268,559 | £360,607 | £384,773 | +6.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 11.4% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 13.9% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 12.2% | 9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.3% | 38.6% | 33.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.89x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 58.44x | — | 49.33x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- GL EVENTS UK LIMITED 2017-01-25 → present
- OWEN BROWN LIMITED 1992-04-06 → 2017-01-25
- OWEN.BROWN & SON(TENTS)LIMITED 1945-01-04 → 1992-04-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the directors' expectation of the most likely scenarios, the company can settle its liabilities for the foreseeable future, being a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GL EVENTS UK LIMITED · parent
- Aganto Limited 100%
- Battersea Evolution Limited 50%
- Field and Lawn Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, on 18 March 2025, the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Owen Brown Limited, was dissolved.”
- “During the year, on 1 April 2025, the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Snowdens Limited, was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Dan, Company Secretary | Secretary | 2012-01-23 | — | — |
| BISHOP, Keith | Director | 2008-05-31 | May 1965 | British |
| BLACK, Dan | Director | 2012-01-23 | May 1966 | British |
| JAMESON, Scott William | Director | 2015-10-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLDREAD, Barry | Secretary | 1999-08-24 | 2005-10-28 |
| BUNTING, Michael John | Secretary | — | 1995-01-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Michael Howard | Secretary | 2005-10-28 | 2012-01-23 |
| PRESTON, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 1999-04-23 | 1999-08-24 |
| TAYLOR, Christine Vivienne | Secretary | 1995-02-01 | 1999-04-23 |
| ANDERSON, James Douglas | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2015-03-04 |
| APPY, Francois | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2025-09-01 |
| BERTRAND, Damien | Director | 2005-02-24 | 2010-06-14 |
| BUNTING, Michael John | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Michael Howard | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2012-01-23 |
| DORRINGTON, Andrew Croot | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2006-03-08 |
| GINON, Olivier | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| GOODE, John Owen Kenneth | Director | 1992-08-26 | 1996-01-31 |
| HALL, Timothy | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2007-01-10 |
| HAYWARD, Scott Vaughn | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| HAYWARD, Scott | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2010-04-30 |
| HILL, Leslie James | Director | 1992-08-26 | 1995-10-30 |
| HOHN, Olivier | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2013-09-01 |
| ILIFFE, Keith | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2000-08-25 |
| JACOB, Christopher Matthew | Director | — | 1992-09-28 |
| MASCART, Bruno | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2006-03-08 |
| PRESTON, William John | Director | — | 2007-01-10 |
| PROVAN, Mitchell | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2014-03-01 |
| REYNOLDS, Ian | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1998-10-30 |
| ROBERT, Denis | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2005-02-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Alexander Richard Hay | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2013-09-01 |
| ROSTAGNAT, Eric | Director | 2001-07-31 | 2022-01-27 |
| TRASLER, April Elizabeth | Director | — | 2007-01-10 |
| WOOD, Simon | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2012-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gl Events Live Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.