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Cash

£662k

+285.2% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£66m

+8.9% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

23

+4.5% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£8.1m

+65.6% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £14,693,557£16,157,823£19,107,463 +18.3%
Operating profit £4,544,043£5,107,210£8,356,587 +63.6%
Profit before tax £5,048,397£4,900,238£8,116,531 +65.6%
Net profit £3,941,547£3,587,499£6,076,299 +69.4%
Cash £28,045£171,992£662,484 +285.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £59,289,978£69,192,335£75,940,028 +9.8%
Net assets £57,739,838£60,618,337£65,995,636 +8.9%
Equity £57,739,838£60,618,337£65,995,636 +8.9%
Average employees 152223 +4.5%
Wages £1,097,833£1,261,072£1,376,524 +9.2%
Directors' remuneration £166,700£166,700£166,700 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 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin 30.9%31.6%43.7%
Net margin 26.8%22.2%31.8%
Return on capital employed 7.7%7.4%11.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 29.7%36.4%35.4%
Current ratio 3.60x3.64x3.88x
Interest cover 9.79x21.37x26.21x

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
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
S&W Audit
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. GOLDCREST FINANCE LIMITED · parent
    1. G C Capital Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property development
    2. G C Construction ( UK ) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Construction services
    3. G C Affordable Homes Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    4. G C Property 4 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    5. Sandstone Drive Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
    6. Goldcrest Distribution Limited 100% · England and Wales · Wholesaler of clothing and other goods

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CHAWLA, Ravinder Secretary 2013-12-31 — —
CHAWLA, Darshan Lal Director 1997-02-20 Nov 1942 British
CHAWLA, Ranjit Kaur Director 1997-02-20 May 1942 Indian
CHAWLA, Ravinder Singh Director 1997-02-20 Nov 1968 British
GILDEA, Steven Mark Director 2018-10-01 Jan 1979 British
MCGUIRE, John Charles Director 2014-04-01 Jul 1948 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CHAWLA, Raj Secretary 1998-07-22 2013-12-31
CHAWLA, Ravinder Singh Secretary 1997-02-20 1998-07-22
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-02-19 1997-02-20
CHAWLA, Kulvinder Director 2005-11-01 2014-04-25
CHAWLA, Kulvinder Director 1997-02-19 2004-04-01
DAVENPORT, Colin Director 2007-07-20 2018-09-30
REARDEN, Shaun James Director 2016-05-11 2020-06-23
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1997-02-19 1997-02-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Darshan Lal Chawla Individual Shares 25–50% 2023-07-31 Ceased 2024-05-29
Mrs Ranjit Kaur Chawla Individual Shares 25–50% 2023-07-31 Ceased 2024-05-29
Mr Ravinder Singh Chawla Individual Significant influence 2019-07-26 Ceased 2019-07-26
Mr Ravinder Singh Chawla Individual Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-07-26 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-06-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-25 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-03-16 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2026-02-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-02-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-02-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-14 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-24 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-07-18 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-06-28 MORT MISC mortgage Mortgage miscellaneous
2024-05-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-05-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-05-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-05-09 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2023-12-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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