GHC CAPITAL MARKETS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-27 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£990K
+13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
21
+5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£131K
-41.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,119,225 | £2,227,871 | |
| Operating profit | £41,581 | -£59,347 | |
| Profit before tax | £222,054 | £130,850 | |
| Net profit | £190,939 | £109,844 | |
| Cash | £872,448 | £990,036 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,313,456 | £1,429,288 | |
| Net assets | £1,308,552 | £1,418,396 | |
| Equity | £1,308,552 | £1,418,396 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 21 | |
| Wages | £806,354 | £822,848 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £138,952 | £143,535 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.1%
£2,119,225 £2,227,871
-
Cash
+13.5%
£872,448 £990,036
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£1,308,552 £1,418,396
-
Employees
+5%
20 21
-
Operating profit
-242.7%
£41,581 -£59,347
-
Profit before tax
-41.1%
£222,054 £130,850
-
Wages
+2%
£806,354 £822,848
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | -4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.3% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.07x | 3.33x |
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
- GHC CAPITAL MARKETS LTD. 2007-05-31 → present
- GOY HARRIS CARTWRIGHT & COMPANY LIMITED 1995-11-09 → 2007-05-31
- MEGAFORMAT LIMITED 1995-10-13 → 1995-11-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business and operational risks successfully within this economic landscape. The directors prepare stress tests that it updates and reviews, which help plan the company's actions in scenarios such as a large fall in the financial markets or a decline in the company's asset under management. The current economic situation falls within the planned scenario scope. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate financial resources together with a strong Statement of Financial Position and cash resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company made an acquisition of a client book from another investment manager that was placed into special administration. Whilst this has proven to be more complex and time consuming than initially estimated, the directors are satisfied with the outcome and will pursue other similar opportunities if and when they arise.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STORER, Richard | Secretary | 2009-04-30 | — | British |
| HARDY, Rachel Katheryn | Director | 2015-03-18 | May 1969 | British |
| HARRIS, Paul Raymond | Director | 1995-11-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| SALLIS, William | Director | 2019-06-11 | Feb 1981 | British |
| STORER, Richard James | Director | 2015-06-15 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTEN, Graham Norman | Secretary | 2006-08-18 | 2009-04-30 |
| CARTWRIGHT, John Anthony | Secretary | 1995-11-01 | 2001-11-22 |
| DESMOND, Martin John | Secretary | 2001-11-22 | 2006-08-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-13 | 1995-11-01 |
| CARTWRIGHT, John Anthony | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2001-11-22 |
| CLARKE, John Ashley | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2015-03-27 |
| DESMOND, Martin John | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2006-08-18 |
| GOY, David | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2002-12-02 |
| HALL, Michael Thomas | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2003-07-30 |
| NICOL, Ian Trevor | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| VAUGHAN, Martin Ashley | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2014-07-31 |
| WERNER, Eric Jay | Director | 2005-09-27 | 2010-06-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-13 | 1995-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghc Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-20 | Active |
| Ghc Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2019-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.