ALUN GRIFFITHS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
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Cash
£19M
+5,444.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.3M
+101.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
570
-22% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.9M
+108.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £262,733,000 | £197,721,000 | £136,865,000 | -30.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£91,375,000 | -£37,971,000 | £7,221,000 | +119% | |
| Profit before tax | -£95,027,000 | -£44,172,000 | £3,925,000 | +108.9% | |
| Net profit | -£94,977,000 | -£44,192,000 | £3,801,000 | +108.6% | |
| Cash | £8,300,000 | £351,000 | £19,462,000 | +5,444.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£114,778,000 | -£179,933,000 | £20,082,000 | +111.2% | |
| Net assets | -£173,291,000 | -£217,483,000 | £2,317,000 | +101.1% | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,317,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 779 | 731 | 570 | -22% | |
| Wages | £39,193,000 | £37,857,000 | £31,143,000 | -17.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £220,000 | £204,000 | £571,000 | +179.9% |
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 | -34.8% | -19.2% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | -36.1% | -22.4% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 36.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 391.0% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.15x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | -25.02x | -6.04x | 2.19x |
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
- ALUN GRIFFITHS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- SPECKPOUND LIMITED 1980-04-23 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Group have prepared detailed forecasts and cash flow projections for the Group covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Having considered the Group's forecasts, the sensitivities applied, the mitigating actions available to management, and the availability of financial support, the Directors of the Group are satisfied that the Group will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Simon Craig | Director | 2025-05-08 | Nov 1984 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Alun | Director | 2025-05-08 | Aug 1945 | British |
| JAMES, Tim | Director | 2025-05-08 | May 1968 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Wyndham | Secretary | — | 2015-06-30 |
| TARMAC SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-02-22 | 2025-05-08 |
| BROWNE, Bevan John | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-05-08 |
| CLAPHAM, David John | Director | 2024-11-20 | 2025-05-08 |
| CLARK, Terence | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| DONNAN, Andrew William John | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2024-10-30 |
| EVANS, Martyn Gerald | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2022-02-23 |
| FLEETHAM, Paul | Director | 2018-07-13 | 2022-04-30 |
| FLEETHAM, Paul | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2018-03-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alun | Director | — | 2018-01-04 |
| GRIFFITHS, Pauline Eynon | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2018-01-04 |
| GRIFFITHS, William James Caradog | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2018-01-04 |
| LLYWELYN, Huw Gwynn | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-11-11 |
| MARLBOROUGH, Edla | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2018-01-04 |
| MASON, Nick | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2023-09-04 |
| MORGAN, Anthony | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2021-07-05 |
| PARR, David Alderdice | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2025-05-08 |
| THOMPSON, Shaun Michael | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2020-12-18 |
| TOMKINS, Stephen | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2022-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Alpha Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.