GRAINGER & WORRALL LIMITED
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Cash
£110K
-88.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£9.5M
-489.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
520
-19% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£7.2M
-341.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £77,154,242 | £67,436,995 | £63,474,338 | £45,683,294 | -28% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,520,780 | -£3,121,958 | £3,745,312 | -£6,617,976 | -276.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,386,686 | -£4,176,946 | £2,974,383 | -£7,187,590 | -341.6% | |
| Net profit | -£5,607,258 | -£3,877,956 | £542,538 | -£6,273,518 | -1,256.3% | |
| Cash | £476,232 | £2,833,580 | £931,473 | £109,645 | -88.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,723,694 | £1,890,198 | £2,214,229 | -£9,039,383 | -508.2% | |
| Net assets | -£224,952 | -£2,380,336 | -£1,608,675 | -£9,479,383 | -489.3% | |
| Equity | -£224,952 | -£2,380,336 | -£1,608,675 | -£9,479,383 | -489.3% | |
| Average employees | 491 | 574 | 642 | 520 | -19% | |
| Wages | £22,658,662 | £20,931,400 | £22,489,505 | £20,439,861 | -9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £286,800 | £245,600 | £195,378 | £302,870 | +55% |
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 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.9% | -4.6% | 5.9% | -14.5% | |
| Net margin | -7.3% | -5.8% | 0.9% | -13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -95.7% | -165.2% | 169.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.70x | 0.62x | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | -5.22x | -2.92x | 4.72x | -11.57x |
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
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into consideration the Company's three year forecast, new banking facilities and the Customer Group support, the Directors are comfortable this will provide the Company with greater flexibility in headroom to manage the development of the business and conclude that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern principle in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Evolution Castings Group Limited (the "Group") acquired Grainger & Worrall Limited ("GWL" or the "Company"), Grainger & Worrall M ("GWM") and Grainger & Worrall Inc ("GWI") (together the "Grainger & Worrall Group of Companies") on 29 June 2023 (the "Acquisition").”
- “GWL has been the main trading business in that Group since the Acquisition and this position was augmented in November 2024 when the and assets of GWM were also formally consolidated into the Company. GWM is now a dormant entity.”
- “a Group simplification exercise is planned to dissolve GWI and novate customer contracts to GWL. This is envisaged to complete 2026. GWI will then be dissolved.”
- “In early 2024 the Board took the strategic decision to widen the markets that the Company operates in worldwide.”
- “A significant increase in the active pipeline of work of £275m to £1,170m as at 31 October 2025;”
- “A reduction in the Company's Bank debt of £3.1 million;”
- “5 new automotive customers, 2 aerospace customers, 3 defence customers and recovery in our motorsport market position;”
- “66% of the forecast revenue in FY26 now commissioned under long term agreements or equivalent;”
- “Awarded a fourth Kings Enterprise Award for Innovation in 2025; the only company in the UK to have received four awards in the last 25 years;”
- “Successfully passing the annual IATF review in February 2025; and”
- “Gaining Tissax and Cyber Essentials Plus certification.”
- “In addition, the Company has focussed heavily on ensuring that its processes are robust and single points of failure in its production processes are minimised through investment and preventative maintenance. This includes but is not limited to furnaces and digital sand printers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDRIDGE, Duncan Stuart | Director | 2024-02-05 | Aug 1965 | British |
| OXBOROUGH, Elizabeth Henrietta | Director | 2026-03-30 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAINGER, James Brendan | Secretary | — | 2023-06-29 |
| ACRAMAN, Cleo Ruth | Director | 2025-06-23 | 2026-03-31 |
| BURN, Andrew James Sebastian | Director | 2025-01-21 | 2026-03-06 |
| BURN, Andrew James Sebastian | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2024-02-05 |
| GRAINGER, Edward Thomas | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, James Brendan | Director | — | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Matthew Patrick | Director | — | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Patrick Vernon | Director | — | 2022-11-08 |
| JOHNSON, Iain | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2025-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution Castings Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-29 | Active |
| Grainger & Worrall Technology Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.