GILL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+23% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+23% vs 2024
Employees
95
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-16.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,345,700 | £15,100,613 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,797,357 | £3,971,648 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,160,063 | £4,319,658 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,471,406 | £3,494,683 | |
| Cash | — | £815,135 | £1,002,340 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,947,975 | £9,773,153 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,745,078 | £9,524,761 | |
| Equity | £9,973,672 | £7,745,078 | £9,524,761 | |
| Average employees | — | 91 | 95 | |
| Wages | — | £3,256,679 | £3,812,467 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
-1.6%
£15,345,700 £15,100,613
-
Cash
+23%
£815,135 £1,002,340
-
Net assets
+23%
£7,745,078 £9,524,761
-
Employees
+4.4%
91 95
-
Operating profit
-17.2%
£4,797,357 £3,971,648
-
Profit before tax
-16.3%
£5,160,063 £4,319,658
-
Wages
+17.1%
£3,256,679 £3,812,467
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 31.3% | 26.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 29.1% | 23.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 60.4% | 40.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 29.3% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 6.78x | 9.45x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Global markets had a mixed performance in the year ending 31 October 2025, with the U.S. markets showing strong gains, while European markets faced political uncertainty. The overall outlook remains cautiously optimistic.”
- “Principal risks include failing to maintain technological development and, although the majority of sales and purchases are denominated in sterling, exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and currency related supplier price increases.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Lesley Henson | Secretary | — | — | British |
| GILL, Lesley Henson | Director | 1997-06-09 | May 1952 | British |
| GILL, Michael Henson | Director | 2020-10-12 | Sep 1982 | British |
| GILL, Michael John | Director | — | Jul 1947 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Elizabeth Deborah | Director | 2020-10-12 | Dec 1984 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREAGH, Michael David | Director | 2001-02-05 | 2017-02-28 |
| STICKLAND, Anthony Charles Robert | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2016-10-05 |
| WESTGARTH, Geoffrey | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2003-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Corporate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-30 | Active |
| Mrs Lesley Henson Gill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-30 |
| Mr Michael John Gill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-30 |
| Mr Michael John Gill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.