JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5M
+44,212.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
+16.7% vs 2024
Employees
310
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.4M
+27.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £191,102,000 | £183,150,000 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,056,000 | £5,338,000 | +31.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,201,000 | £5,351,000 | +27.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,174,000 | £3,968,000 | +25% | |
| Cash | £8,000 | £3,545,000 | +44,212.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,417,000 | £28,426,000 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £23,785,000 | £27,753,000 | +16.7% | |
| Equity | £23,785,000 | £27,753,000 | +16.7% | |
| Average employees | 310 | 310 | 0% | |
| Wages | £9,990,000 | £10,124,000 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £641,000 | £617,000 | -3.7% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 18.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.8% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 338.00x | 242.64x |
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
- JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- LEGIBUS NINETY-SEVEN LIMITED 1980-04-17 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements, as the company produced a solid profit in 2025 and expects to continue on the front foot in 2026.”
Group structure
- JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- GVS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “John Grose received the Ford President's award for 2025 in both Ipswich and Lowestoft for outstanding customer service. The Company has received the award for 25 years, in fact more than any other Dealer Group.”
- “John Grose Group Limited Retirements Benefit Plan (1981) reached agreement on a buy-in, buy-out arrangement with a subsidiary of the U.S. company, Brookfield Wealth Management. The deal will ensure the security of the pension members funds and return the surplus funds to the Company in 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLISON, David | Director | 2021-08-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SYRETT, Steven Roy | Director | 2021-08-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
| TWINLEY, Ian Robert | Director | 2002-03-13 | May 1963 | British |
| WALTON, Roger | Director | 2006-04-10 | Jul 1948 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRONFIELD, Marion June | Secretary | — | 2008-04-24 |
| MEADE, Derek Roy | Secretary | 2008-04-25 | 2017-09-29 |
| SMITH, Peter | Secretary | 2017-09-29 | 2022-01-31 |
| CHRIS, Robert Graham, Dr | Director | — | 1998-07-24 |
| DRONFIELD, Marion June | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2004-04-02 |
| FERGUSON, Stuart Goldie | Director | — | 2000-01-19 |
| GELLERT, Erich Edmond Reddy | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GROSE, David John | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| GROSE, John Stanley | Director | — | 2016-05-07 |
| HOWARD, Richard Ashley | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2020-10-22 |
| KIFF, Michael Arthur | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2008-04-25 |
| LEITH, Alister Bruce | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2018-03-29 |
| RAYWOOD, Barry | Director | — | 1999-10-08 |
| ROSENBERG, Michael Samuel | Director | — | 1995-04-28 |
| SIMONS, Graham | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2000-06-20 |
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2022-01-31 |
| STARLING, Peter Anthony | Director | 1992-07-10 | 1997-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grose Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-01 | Active |
| Mrs Alison Clare Twinley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-10-25 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Mr Patrick Neill Grady | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2019-03-19 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr David John Grose | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2019-03-19 | Ceased 2024-10-25 |
| Mr Ian Robert Twinley | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-20 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 6
- 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.