THE GO-AHEAD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£182m
+13.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£153m
-4.3% vs 2024
Employees
29,209
+4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£41m
+778.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £3,538,600,000 | £3,797,300,000 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £56,100,000 | £111,600,000 | +98.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,000,000 | £40,700,000 | +778.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £160,600,000 | £181,900,000 | +13.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £472,800,000 | £602,600,000 | +27.5% | |
| Net assets | £159,500,000 | £152,600,000 | -4.3% | |
| Equity | £159,500,000 | £152,600,000 | -4.3% | |
| Average employees | 28,023 | 29,209 | +4.2% | |
| Wages | £1,304,300,000 | £1,432,500,000 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 1.6% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.2% | 92.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 0.87x | 1.46x |
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
- THE GO-AHEAD GROUP LIMITED 2022-10-13 → present
- THE GO-AHEAD GROUP PLC 1994-02-01 → 2022-10-13
- GO-AHEAD NORTHERN LIMITED 1987-02-17 → 1994-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the Go-Ahead Group's current and future prospects, risks and uncertainties... are satisfied that the Group can continue to pay its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months... prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE GO-AHEAD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Govia Limited 65%
- Go-Ahead Holding Limited 100%
- Go North East Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAHABEER, Beenadevi | Secretary | 2026-07-28 | — | — |
| DE MESQUITA ARAUJO, Pedro Miguel, Mr. | Director | 2026-01-26 | Nov 1983 | Portuguese |
| EDWARDS, Louise Mary | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| GAZTANAGA, Gonzalo Velasco | Director | 2026-08-17 | Sep 1985 | Spanish |
| GILBERT, Jamie Stuart Davidson | Director | 2026-05-23 | Jun 1986 | British |
| LLOYD, Edward James | Director | 2026-05-23 | Sep 1977 | Australian |
| QUINTERO MARTINEZ, Daniel | Director | 2022-10-10 | Jan 1966 | Spanish |
| SEWARDS, Michael Edward | Director | 2022-10-10 | Jan 1969 | Australian |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, Ian Philip | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| FERGUSON, Carolyn | Secretary | 2006-07-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| SHEARS, Trevor Halliday | Secretary | — | 1996-03-31 |
| ADIE, Douglas Jamieson | Director | 1995-09-05 | 1997-03-13 |
| ALLNER, Andrew James | Director | 2008-10-24 | 2019-10-31 |
| ANGEL PARRAS, Miguel | Director | 2023-11-20 | 2025-07-16 |
| BALLINGER, Martin Stanley Andrew | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| BEGG, Adam Gordon | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2025-05-02 |
| BLACKWOOD, David Charles | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2022-10-10 |
| BOYD, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2022-03-28 |
| BRIAN, Elodie Marie Francoise | Director | 2019-06-05 | 2021-09-27 |
| BROWN, Austen Patrick, Sir | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2013-04-24 |
| BROWN, David Allen | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| BUTCHER, Ian Philip | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2007-07-01 |
| BUTCHER, Simon Patrick | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2018-11-30 |
| CLEGG, Robert Duncan | Director | 1995-02-02 | 1999-02-20 |
| COLLINS, Christopher Douglas | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2008-10-23 |
| CULLEY, James Martyn | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2026-05-23 |
| DOWN, Keith | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-12-06 |
| EWER, Adrian James Henry | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2022-01-19 |
| FLOOD, Sharon Emma | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| HANNEY, Mackayla Bree | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2026-05-23 |
| HARMER, Philip James | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| HOLLIDAY, Frederick George Thomas, Professor Sir | Director | 1997-09-08 | 2002-10-17 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Clare Margaret | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HOLT, Harry Arthur Blair | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2022-10-10 |
| HORLER, Nicholas Wenham | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2017-11-02 |
| INNES KER, Katherine Christina Mary, Dr | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2020-11-24 |
| LAVELLE, Dominic Joseph | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| LUDEMAN, Keith Lawrence | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2011-07-02 |
| MARTIN RIVALS, Javier | Director | 2025-02-26 | 2026-01-26 |
| MARTINEZ VUILLIER, Lucas | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2026-08-17 |
| MOYES, Christopher | Director | — | 2006-07-08 |
| MUSSENDEN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2022-05-09 | 2022-12-31 |
| PENNANT-REA, Rupert Lascelles | Director | 2002-10-17 | 2013-10-24 |
| PEREZ FORTEA, Javier | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2025-01-13 |
| SCHREYER, Christian | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| SHEARS, Trevor Halliday | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| STRAKER, Michael Ian Bowstead, Sir | Director | — | 1998-08-28 |
| SWIFT, Nicholas | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2011-03-07 |
| WOOD, Leanne | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2022-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 963 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-10-03 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-03 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.