GRIPPLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-08 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-25
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-33.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£35M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
956
+2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+37.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £114,404,497 | £121,269,151 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £5,255,598 | £6,327,993 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £3,485,923 | £4,802,057 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,509,876 | £3,680,588 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,598,166 | £1,057,504 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £54,240,041 | £52,239,577 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £34,356,196 | £34,871,303 | |
| Equity | £19,577,682 | £21,633,009 | £24,466,610 | £30,279,015 | £27,178,167 | £34,356,196 | £34,871,303 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 932 | 956 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £38,911,331 | £40,563,997 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £777,067 | £815,241 |
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+6%
£114,404,497 £121,269,151
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Cash
-33.8%
£1,598,166 £1,057,504
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Net assets
+1.5%
£34,356,196 £34,871,303
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Employees
+2.6%
932 956
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Operating profit
+20.4%
£5,255,598 £6,327,993
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Profit before tax
+37.8%
£3,485,923 £4,802,057
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Wages
+4.2%
£38,911,331 £40,563,997
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.6% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 9.7% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.93x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2.41x | 2.57x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GRIPPLE LIMITED 1989-02-27 → present
- ESTATE WIRE LIMITED 1984-02-01 → 1989-02-27
- STOCKDRIVE LIMITED 1983-11-25 → 1984-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hollis and Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GRIPPLE LIMITED · parent
- Gripple Inc 100%
- Gripple Europe SARL 100%
- Gripple GmbH 100%
- Gripple Hanger and Joiner Systems (India) Private Limited 100%
- Gripple Spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia (Ltd) 100%
- Gripple Canada Inc 100%
- Gripple Automation Limited 100%
- Gripple PTY Limited 100%
- Gripple Australia PTY Limited 100%
- Gripple Japan Kabishiki Kaisha 100%
- P.M.S. Diecasting Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Katherine Bernadette | Secretary | 2014-09-22 | — | British |
| DAVIES, Robert Andrew | Director | 2014-04-30 | Mar 1954 | British |
| FACEY, Hugh David | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| HARTLAND, Peter Conway | Director | 2024-07-23 | Mar 1965 | British |
| KHAN, Shah Nawaz | Director | 2020-03-24 | May 1975 | British |
| LEGG, Clare Frances | Director | 2025-05-08 | Apr 1979 | British |
| OXLEY OBE, Deborah Jean | Director | 2022-05-05 | Jan 1967 | British |
| RITZEMA, Joanne Lesley | Director | 2025-07-22 | Nov 1970 | British |
| ST CLAIR, Kevin John | Director | 2023-04-04 | Jan 1973 | British |
| STUBBS, Edward John Peter | Director | 2015-01-01 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACEY, Frances Jane | Secretary | — | 2014-09-22 |
| ANTHONI, Denis | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| BENTLEY, Christopher Paul | Director | 2022-05-05 | 2025-05-08 |
| BROADBENT, Peter | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2000-06-30 |
| CATON, Timothy J | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| CHRISTIAN, Lee | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| COOPER, Leslie | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2003-12-08 |
| DAVIES, Robert Andrew | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2003-12-08 |
| EDMONDS, Mark | Director | 2011-04-07 | 2013-03-28 |
| FARQUHAR, Ian Kinrade | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2014-10-28 |
| FRY, Richard Greenup | Director | 1994-04-26 | 2003-12-08 |
| HADDON, Laurence Lyndon | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2014-04-30 |
| HALL, Roger | Director | — | 2022-12-31 |
| HESLEGRAVE, John | Director | — | 1996-11-22 |
| HODGSON, Michael | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2026-05-07 |
| JOYCE, John | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| KERSH, Peter Christopher | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| MCGEE, John Edward | Director | — | 2003-12-08 |
| MIDDLETON, Christopher John | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2003-12-08 |
| ROUTLEDGE, David Arthur | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2024-05-01 |
| SALLOWS, James David | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2021-04-29 |
| SNAPE, Duncan | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2025-10-22 |
| WROE, David | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2014-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugh David Facey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 416 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.