MARTIN GRANT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£12M
-67.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£106M
-7.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
20
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.3M
-868.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £11,741,026 | £1,480,398 | £7,199,789 | +386.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,528,984 | -£2,470,560 | -£3,137,328 | -27% | |
| Profit before tax | £108,447 | -£239,291 | -£2,318,039 | -868.7% | |
| Net profit | -£39,522 | £389,955 | -£1,604,648 | -511.5% | |
| Cash | £56,811,741 | £36,499,672 | £11,759,430 | -67.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £128,151,163 | £118,100,218 | £108,898,423 | -7.8% | |
| Net assets | £120,255,638 | £114,487,818 | £105,939,014 | -7.5% | |
| Equity | £120,255,638 | £114,487,818 | £105,939,014 | -7.5% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,646,401 | £2,042,201 | £2,052,473 | +0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,614,158 | £1,306,945 | £1,272,810 | -2.6% |
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 | -21.5% | -166.9% | -43.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 26.3% | -22.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.0% | -2.1% | -2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.53x | 6.37x | 5.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | -54.07x | -66.26x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the above the Directors continue to consider the going concern basis appropriate and the financial statements have been prepared as such.”
Group structure
- MARTIN GRANT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Martin Grant Land Limited 100%
- Martin Grant Homes (UK) Limited 100%
- Martin Grant Homes Land Limited 100%
- Gosded Farms Limited 100%
- Martin Grant Homes (Essex) Limited 100%
- Martin Grant Homes (Brentwood) Limited 100%
- Ensign Group Limited 100%
- Ensign Homes Limited 100%
- Ensign (S W) Limited 100%
- Ensign Homes (East Anglia) Limited 100%
- Ensign Homes (Portugal) Limited 100%
- Bovenex Limited 100%
- Parbow Properties Limited 100%
- Bellmead Limited 100%
- DD Hayter Limited 100%
- Rey Construction Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 19 January 2026 the Company sold investment property known as Outram Road for £1,625,000.”
- “On the 16th April 2026, 1 Holmdene, an investment property, was sold for £950,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Laurence Noel | Director | 1994-08-03 | Dec 1953 | British |
| PITT, James Alexander | Director | 2023-07-18 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Catherine | Secretary | — | 2022-07-06 |
| MALOVANY, John Peter | Secretary | 2000-12-20 | 2026-04-30 |
| GIBLIN, Hubert | Director | 2001-07-20 | 2002-07-06 |
| GIBLIN, Hubert | Director | — | 2000-07-06 |
| GRANT, Catherine | Director | — | 2022-07-06 |
| GRANT, James Joseph | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2011-03-14 |
| GRANT, Martin | Director | — | 2000-02-21 |
| HAMILTON, Chris Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| MALOVANY, John Peter | Director | — | 2026-04-30 |
| MEANLEY, Michael Russell | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2014-07-08 |
| WILSON, Andrew George | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Laurence Noel Grant | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2022-07-06 | Active |
| Mrs Catherine Grant | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.