GN HEARING UK LTD
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Cash
£16k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.3m
-3.2% vs 2024
Employees
58
+13.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.7m
+237% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,282,815 | £17,760,360 | £23,631,505 | £26,107,286 | £31,437,093 | £41,351,031 | +31.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,368,781 | £619,789 | £1,040,737 | £1,564,725 | £1,234,120 | £5,086,988 | +312.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,360,060 | £581,442 | £1,116,870 | £1,641,156 | £1,395,291 | £4,701,594 | +237% | |
| Net profit | £1,190,977 | £378,908 | £857,542 | £1,162,528 | £1,026,595 | £4,398,812 | +328.5% | |
| Cash | £1,924,349 | £1,034,518 | £342,879 | £392,864 | £0 | £15,604 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,878,090 | £16,990,811 | £10,775,908 | £11,570,794 | £11,599,108 | £9,153,976 | -21.1% | |
| Net assets | £12,203,380 | £12,582,288 | £8,140,192 | £9,302,720 | £8,579,315 | £8,301,772 | -3.2% | |
| Equity | £12,203,380 | £12,582,288 | £8,140,192 | £9,302,720 | £8,579,315 | £8,301,772 | -3.2% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 34 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 58 | +13.7% | |
| Wages | £2,262,840 | £1,865,349 | £2,856,499 | £2,912,733 | £2,891,871 | £3,563,415 | +23.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £391,187 | £444,573 | £353,416 | £389,950 | £505,841 | £486,821 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,707 | £61,553 | £68,785 | +11.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £216,722 | £265,594 | £273,633 | +3% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 6.0% | 3.9% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 3.6% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 10.6% | 55.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.9% | 34.9% | 43.1% | 38.5% | 68.0% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.80x | 1.27x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 34.42x | 10.53x | 21.81x | 26.08x | 8.17x | 13.17x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- GN HEARING UK LTD 2017-11-22 → present
- GN RESOUND LTD 1999-09-28 → 2017-11-22
- RESOUND VIENNATONE LIMITED 1995-03-24 → 1999-09-28
- MINUTEPOINT LIMITED 1994-10-31 → 1995-03-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GN HEARING UK LTD · parent
- GN Audio UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, on 16 March 2026, GN Store Nord A/S entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its hearing business to Amplifon S.p.A. The transaction values the total Hearing business at DKK 17.0 billion on a cash free and debt free basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAITHE, Lisa Roxane | Secretary | 2016-11-23 | — | — |
| HARDING, Luke Oliver | Director | 2026-04-10 | Nov 1976 | British |
| JELERT, Søren | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1972 | Danish |
| WAITHE, Lisa Roxane | Director | 2026-04-10 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKER-VOGT, Stephan Peter | Secretary | 1994-12-07 | 1995-02-10 |
| GIBBONS, Robert Stephen | Secretary | 1995-02-10 | 1998-06-05 |
| SINCLAIR, Euan Peter | Secretary | 1999-08-05 | 2001-08-09 |
| TAYLOR, Dianne | Secretary | 1998-06-05 | 1999-08-05 |
| VAN HUYSSTEEN, Johann | Secretary | 2001-11-27 | 2016-11-23 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-10-31 | 1994-12-07 |
| BECKER-VOGT, Stephan Peter | Director | 1996-09-01 | 1998-12-21 |
| CANTERBURY, Stuart David Edward | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2007-12-31 |
| DAFT, Paul Gilbert, Managing Director | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2026-04-10 |
| DESIMONI, Marcus Enrico | Director | 2019-10-10 | 2020-12-02 |
| FRANKLIN, Harvey Michael | Director | 1995-02-10 | 1996-03-01 |
| GORMSEN, Peter | Director | 2020-12-14 | 2023-05-31 |
| IMHOF, Martin | Director | 1994-12-07 | 1996-09-01 |
| KJAER, Vivi | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2002-01-31 |
| MAILIND, Jesper | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2008-02-29 |
| MELLOR, Peter | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2017-12-31 |
| MURPHY, Jeffrey Joseph | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2000-05-18 |
| NYGREN, David Charles | Director | 2010-02-15 | 2016-01-21 |
| SKADEGARD, Hans Jakob | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1996-09-01 |
| VAN HUYSSTEEN, Johann | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2026-04-10 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-10-31 | 1994-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gn Hearing A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.