GB GROUP PLC
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Cash
£28M
-12.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£611M
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,100
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
+109.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £277,539,000 | £282,777,000 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£102,548,000 | £22,650,000 | +122.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£118,287,000 | £10,986,000 | +109.3% | |
| Net profit | -£99,703,000 | £3,890,000 | +103.9% | |
| Cash | £32,321,000 | £28,159,000 | -12.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £743,016,000 | £667,738,000 | -10.1% | |
| Net assets | £625,129,000 | £611,374,000 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £1,250,261,000 | £1,085,148,000 | -13.2% | |
| Average employees | — | 1,100 | — | |
| Wages | £41,952,000 | £44,702,000 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,036,000 | £1,036,000 | 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -36.9% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | -35.9% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.8% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.7% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | -11.36x | 3.14x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- GB GROUP PLC 2002-02-21 → present
- TELME GROUP PLC 2001-09-28 → 2002-02-21
- TELME.COM PLC 2000-03-31 → 2001-09-28
- PHONELINK PLC 1993-05-14 → 2000-03-31
- PHONELINK DATA LIMITED 1989-09-13 → 1993-05-14
- FLEXIBYTE LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 1989-09-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the actions available to them, the Directors are confident that the Group will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months... the Group has sufficient headroom over its current revolving credit facility...”
Group structure
- GB GROUP PLC · parent
- GBG Holdings UK Limited 100%
- GBG Technology Solutions Limited 100%
- Acquant Israel 100%
- Green ID Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company completed a Share Buyback programme up to a total value of £10 million. The programme completed on 6 June 2025, having purchased and cancelled 3,474,545 shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Annabelle | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | — | — |
| CATCHPOLE, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2017-09-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| DHIMAN, Dev Datt | Director | 2024-01-30 | Nov 1983 | British |
| LONGDON, Richard | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1955 | British |
| SENECAL DE FONSECA, Michelle Denise | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1960 | British,American |
| SINGH, Bhavneet | Director | 2021-11-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| WARD, David Mathew | Director | 2021-07-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Heather | Secretary | — | 1993-12-21 |
| CONSTANTIN, John Henri | Secretary | 2002-01-11 | 2021-04-01 |
| LAW, Richard Anthony | Secretary | 1993-12-21 | 2002-01-11 |
| BROWN, Nicholas Richard | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2023-03-31 |
| BRUNTON, Gordon Charles, Sir | Director | 1993-05-24 | 2001-06-30 |
| BURKE, Heather | Director | 1993-04-20 | 1997-02-28 |
| BURKE, Trevor John | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| CARMICHAEL, Charmaine Bridgette | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2020-08-30 |
| CLARK, Christopher Graham | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2024-01-30 |
| GAMMON, Natalie Lea | Director | 2019-11-19 | 2024-07-23 |
| GREEN, Alexander William | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2014-03-31 |
| HARRISON, John Trevor | Director | 1995-06-07 | 2003-09-23 |
| HOLTERMAN, Hendrikus Marinus | Director | 1997-12-12 | 1999-07-31 |
| JANSEN, Johannes Hendrikus | Director | 1998-07-13 | 2000-03-16 |
| JOHNSTON, Iain Barrie | Director | 1998-07-13 | 2001-01-25 |
| LAW, Richard Anthony | Director | 1995-06-07 | 2017-03-31 |
| LINFORD, Richard Martin | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2017-11-30 |
| LYON, John | Director | 1993-05-18 | 1997-02-28 |
| MADDEN, Philip Harold Joseph | Director | 1994-12-09 | 1997-02-28 |
| NAVIN MEALEY, Monica | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2008-06-09 |
| RAMSEY, Graham John | Director | 1997-01-06 | 2002-03-25 |
| RASCHE, David Anthony | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| REYNOLDS, Richard Gurdon | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2008-11-19 |
| WALKER-HAWORTH, John Leigh | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2010-11-30 |
| WILSON, David John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| WOOLSEY, Ian | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1997-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1029 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- 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.