G.S. SHROPSHIRE & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
Equity attributable
Employees
27
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,052,758 | £41,599,427 | |
| Operating profit | £5,681,099 | £4,167,292 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,975,641 | £5,043,798 | |
| Net profit | £4,552,208 | £3,668,624 | |
| Cash | £17,724,763 | £11,834,458 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,945,682 | £11,159,666 | |
| Net assets | £20,389,679 | £10,058,303 | |
| Equity | £20,389,679 | £10,058,303 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 27 | |
| Wages | £1,434,164 | £3,248,917 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £507,327 | £906,475 |
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
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-03 vs 2023-11-04
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.1% | 37.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.9% | 50.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.28x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 151.98x | 64.27x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Information on the exposure to credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk is available in the Strategic Report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 1995-07-04 | — | British |
| SARGEANT, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2022-10-29 | Mar 1974 | British |
| SHROPSHIRE, Guy Peter | Director | 1995-07-04 | Aug 1957 | British |
| THOMPSON, David | Director | 2010-04-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASBON, Brian Albert | Secretary | — | 1993-03-17 |
| JOHNSON, Nigel | Secretary | 1993-03-17 | 1995-07-04 |
| SHROPSHIRE, Guy Stuart | Director | — | 2010-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gs Shropshire Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-27 | 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
- 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.