GRATTE BROTHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
+31.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+20.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
172
-9.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+34.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £124,946,925 | £97,961,510 | £226,678,733 | £199,610,821 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,678,344 | £1,429,282 | £2,669,295 | £3,104,531 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,710,935 | £1,429,282 | £2,669,295 | £3,590,720 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,753,142 | £2,301,053 | £2,125,451 | £2,643,728 | |
| Cash | — | £3,291,704 | £5,941,167 | £12,391,861 | £16,313,352 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,564,829 | £15,556,970 | £14,971,035 | £15,546,712 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,200,842 | £8,501,895 | £12,902,984 | £15,546,712 | |
| Equity | £4,447,700 | £6,200,842 | £8,501,895 | £12,902,984 | £15,546,712 | |
| Average employees | — | 196 | 178 | 191 | 172 | |
| Wages | — | £10,282,327 | £9,972,063 | £12,358,449 | £12,309,800 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £176,597 | £196,900 | £183,439 | £177,505 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-11.9%
£226,678,733 £199,610,821
-
Cash
+31.6%
£12,391,861 £16,313,352
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+20.5%
£12,902,984 £15,546,712
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-9.9%
191 172
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+16.3%
£2,669,295 £3,104,531
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+34.5%
£2,669,295 £3,590,720
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-0.4%
£12,358,449 £12,309,800
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 17.5% | 9.2% | 17.8% | 20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 86.7% | 86.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.10x |
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
- GRATTE BROTHERS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- GRATTE BROS LIMITED 1946-05-22 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Turnover has decreased to £199.6m (2024: £226.7m) due to phasing of projects, and operating profit has increased to £3.1m (2024: £2.6m).”
- “Resolution of a legacy project reduced overall profits in the current year but its completion has strengthened financial position and removed a long-standing constraint on future performance.”
- “Across the group, business activities resulted in zero reportable incidents occurring throughout calendar year 2025 despite 2.3 million hours of on site working.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Bronwyn Nikki | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | — | — |
| BASS, Christopher Charles | Director | 2026-04-14 | Oct 1979 | British |
| CHAPMAN-ALLEN, Neil John | Director | 2024-04-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
| GRATTE, David Edward Derrick | Director | 2017-04-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
| GRATTE, Stephen Derrick | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| GRATTE, Victoria Eileen | Director | 2023-04-27 | Apr 1996 | British |
| MADGWICK, John Raymond | Director | 2018-01-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| MILLER, Bronwyn Nikki | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| SOMERS, John Joseph | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| STOREY, Russell John | Director | 2009-01-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| SUZAN, Remi Pierre John | Director | 2019-11-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| THOMSON, Iain Isaac | Director | 1996-06-14 | Dec 1958 | British |
| TROTT, Michael Paul | Director | 2014-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2019-01-01 |
| EDGINTON, John Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-10-01 |
| THAKKER, Naresh Jayantilal | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| BASS, Ian Michael | Director | — | 2014-01-01 |
| BEER, Graham Michael | Director | 1996-06-14 | 2015-09-30 |
| BRADSHAW, Warren | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-10-28 |
| DOYLE, Karl Peter | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| GRATTE, Derrick Constant Louis | Director | — | 1993-03-01 |
| GRATTE, Ian Peter Andre | Director | — | 2022-01-27 |
| GRATTE, Lilian Mary | Director | — | 1993-03-01 |
| GRATTE, Martin Derrick | Director | — | 2014-01-01 |
| HILLS, Angela | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2022-01-26 |
| JELLIS, Stephen Martin | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| SOUTHERN, Dennis James | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| THAKKER, Naresh Jayantilal | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratte Brothers Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.