GOWRIE LAXMICO LIMITED
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Cash
£747K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£27M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
Average over period
Profit before tax
£580K
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,200,924 | £82,671,738 | £58,393,766 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,613,689 | £2,014,858 | £581,725 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,613,459 | £2,014,740 | £579,924 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,599,167 | £1,472,356 | £442,650 | — | |
| Cash | £1,416,783 | £477,999 | £746,526 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,069,985 | £26,542,341 | £26,984,991 | — | |
| Net assets | £25,069,985 | £26,542,341 | £26,984,991 | — | |
| Equity | £25,069,985 | £26,542,341 | £26,984,991 | — | |
| Average employees | 113 | 85 | 91 | — | |
| Wages | £2,512,457 | £1,805,751 | £1,925,310 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £353,550 | £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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 9 months versus 18 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 7.6% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 19.9% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | 10.86x | 4.96x | 6.29x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- GOWRIE LAXMICO LIMITED 2018-03-09 → present
- GOWRIE LIMITED 1997-10-08 → 2018-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis and the auditors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that 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.”
Group structure
- GOWRIE LAXMICO LIMITED · parent
- Gowrie Research PVT Limited 99.99%
Significant events
- “These financial statements are for a shortened period of 9 months from 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 and the comparative period is presented for an extended period of 18 months from 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2025, therefore the comparative figures presented are not entirely comparable.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HATHI, Govindji Thakershi | Secretary | 1998-07-24 | — | British |
| HATHI, Alpa | Director | 2018-01-31 | Dec 1968 | British |
| HATHI, Govindji Thakershi | Director | 2010-03-03 | Aug 1941 | British |
| HATHI, Samit | Director | 1998-07-24 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-08 | 1998-07-24 |
| VITHALDAS, Vim | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2011-09-21 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-08 | 1998-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Samit Govindji Hathi | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-10-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.