GHC CAPITAL MARKETS LTD.
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Cash
£872k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.3m
Equity attributable
Employees
20
Average over period
Profit before tax
£222k
Period ending 2024-03-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,119,225 | — | |
| Operating profit | £41,581 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £222,054 | — | |
| Net profit | £190,939 | — | |
| Cash | £872,448 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,313,456 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,308,552 | — | |
| Equity | £1,308,552 | — | |
| Average employees | 20 | — | |
| Wages | £806,354 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £138,952 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,116 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £5,600 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.07x |
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 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.”
Group structure
- GHC CAPITAL MARKETS LTD. · parent
- GHC Nominees Ltd 100%
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 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
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.