GRAINMARKET PROPERTIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27M
highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£52M
Equity attributable
Employees
10
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£508K
Period ending 2025-01-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £4,981,186 | £3,339,101 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,796,318 | -£2,251,686 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£4,783,688 | -£508,453 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£4,167,746 | -£2,430,439 | |
| Cash | £103,246 | £5,877,114 | £12,431,009 | £27,338,077 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,977,878 | £14,589,435 | £110,926,768 | £109,574,585 | |
| Net assets | £17,973,091 | £12,237,483 | £54,312,860 | £51,882,421 | |
| Equity | £17,973,091 | £12,237,483 | £54,312,860 | £51,882,421 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 36.1% | -67.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -83.7% | -72.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.6% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.71x | 3.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.79x | -1.19x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have an expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, thus the directors' have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GRAINMARKET PROPERTIES LIMITED · parent
- Zeena Ventures Limited 97.12%
- GPL 2014 Limited 100%
- Bromley JV LP 56.375%
- GPL (Holdings) 2014 Limited 100%
- Shoebill Real Estate Limited 100%
- Shoebill Limited Partner Real Estate Limited 100%
- Shoebill Real Estate Bromley Nominee Limited 100%
- Shoebill Real Estate High Wycombe GP Limited 100%
- Shoebill Real Estate Farnborough GP Limited 100%
- Shoebill Real Estate Elstree GP Limited 100%
- Zomom Limited 100%
- Jexstor Limited 97.12%
- Grainmarket Alpaca Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A subsidiary of the Company, GPL 2014 Limited bought the remaining 2.88% of shares in Zeena Ventures Limited on 13 May 2025.”
- “Jexstor Limited was dissolved post year end on 11th February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HART, Peter John | Secretary | 2005-11-16 | — | British |
| CRADER, Mark Jason | Director | 1995-10-28 | Jul 1962 | British |
| DEMPSTER, Tara Helen | Director | 2025-02-19 | Aug 1969 | British |
| HART, Peter John | Director | 2020-10-20 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRADER, Julian Barry | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2005-11-16 |
| CRADER, Julian Barry | Secretary | 1996-05-25 | 2000-12-16 |
| CRADER, Mark Jason | Secretary | 1995-05-18 | 1996-05-25 |
| LE QUESNE, Dennis Philip | Secretary | 2000-12-16 | 2001-03-08 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-05 | 1995-05-18 |
| BRECHER, Andrew Justin | Director | 1997-07-30 | 1998-01-02 |
| BRECHER, Richard Daniel | Director | 1995-05-18 | 1996-05-24 |
| MORRISS, Elizabeth Susanna | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2024-12-31 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-05-05 | 1995-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Jason Crader | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.