GRAIN LNG LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
Cash
£123M
+15.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£829M
+12.2% vs 2024
Employees
216
+8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£120M
-15.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £336,301,000 | £278,780,000 | |
| Operating profit | £141,804,000 | £118,018,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £142,456,000 | £119,764,000 | |
| Net profit | £108,003,000 | £89,580,000 | |
| Cash | £106,094,000 | £122,977,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £966,821,000 | £1,057,118,000 | |
| Net assets | £738,535,000 | £828,666,000 | |
| Equity | £738,535,000 | £828,666,000 | |
| Average employees | 200 | 216 | |
| Wages | £14,415,000 | £16,361,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £431,000 | £709,000 |
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
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Turnover
-17.1%
£336,301,000 £278,780,000
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Cash
+15.9%
£106,094,000 £122,977,000
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Net assets
+12.2%
£738,535,000 £828,666,000
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Employees
+8%
200 216
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Operating profit
-16.8%
£141,804,000 £118,018,000
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Profit before tax
-15.9%
£142,456,000 £119,764,000
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Wages
+13.5%
£14,415,000 £16,361,000
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 | 42.2% | 42.3% | |
| Net margin | 32.1% | 32.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.3% | 35.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 32.89x | 12.80x |
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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-10
- GRAIN LNG LIMITED 2025-12-10 → present
- NATIONAL GRID GRAIN LNG LIMITED 2005-10-10 → 2025-12-10
- GRAIN LNG LIMITED 2003-01-27 → 2005-10-10
- LATTICE LNG HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-07-22 → 2003-01-27
- LNG HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-06-18 → 2002-07-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which presumes that the Company has adequate resources to remain in operation, and that the Directors intend it to do so, for at least one year from the date the financial statements are signed. The Company is self-sufficient and not reliant on external financial support, expecting to be profitable and to generate positive cash flows in the next twelve months from the date of signing.”
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the National Grid group announced its intention to sell the Grain LNG business. It is currently anticipated that the Company will form part of a disposal group, with the sale process anticipated to complete during the financial year ended 31 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Teifion Mark | Secretary | 2025-11-29 | — | — |
| CARTER, Edward Howard | Director | 2025-11-28 | Jan 1973 | British |
| CULKIN, Simon Ross | Director | 2013-04-30 | May 1972 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANA, Arit Edet | Secretary | 2010-07-16 | 2010-10-28 |
| BAKER, Helen Alice | Secretary | 2006-10-13 | 2007-10-18 |
| BARNES, Megan | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | 2022-11-18 |
| BARNES, Megan | Secretary | 2015-07-24 | 2016-11-03 |
| COCKBURN, Emma Suzanne | Secretary | 2007-10-19 | 2008-09-26 |
| DURRANT, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2006-10-13 | 2007-10-19 |
| EVES, Richard Anthony | Secretary | 2002-06-18 | 2006-10-13 |
| FORWARD, David Charles | Secretary | 2011-01-27 | 2013-11-30 |
| HAGAN, Lawrence | Secretary | 2018-01-16 | 2023-10-26 |
| HIGGINS, Philip Lyndon | Secretary | 2008-10-27 | 2011-01-27 |
| HOLLIS, Katie Suzanne | Secretary | 2023-11-06 | 2025-11-28 |
| JAMES, Ceri | Secretary | 2016-11-03 | 2018-01-16 |
| KENWARD, Sally | Secretary | 2023-10-26 | 2023-11-06 |
| MORGAN, Alice Parker | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| NOBLE, Mark David | Secretary | 2007-10-19 | 2010-07-16 |
| POOLE, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 2002-06-18 | 2002-10-31 |
| RAYNER, Heather Maria | Secretary | 2010-10-28 | 2016-03-01 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-06-18 | 2002-06-18 |
| BELL, Paul Jones | Director | 2007-02-09 | 2008-05-23 |
| BOREHAM, Peter John | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2011-06-30 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Jonathan | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2021-05-01 |
| CARLTON, Jonathan Mark Guille | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2013-11-05 |
| CHAPMAN, Andrew Brian | Director | 2008-05-23 | 2008-07-07 |
| CLARKE, Philip John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-03-01 |
| COOPER, Malcolm Charles | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2003-09-23 |
| DAVIS, Ian Christopher | Director | 2005-07-18 | 2007-03-28 |
| DUNKERLEY, Guy Allyson | Director | 2006-07-14 | 2007-02-09 |
| EVES, Richard Anthony | Director | 2002-06-18 | 2002-08-01 |
| FAIRMAN, Simon | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2013-04-30 |
| HERNAMAN, Paul David | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2015-01-30 |
| HOOPER, Nick | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2021-08-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Stuart Calvin | Director | 2008-07-07 | 2019-12-31 |
| JACKSON, Kate | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-08-30 |
| LOCKETT, John Francis | Director | 2003-09-23 | 2005-01-31 |
| O'HARA, Cordelia | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2023-02-01 |
| PARRIS, Andrew James | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2010-07-16 |
| POOLE, Andrew Philip | Director | 2002-06-18 | 2002-08-01 |
| ROSE, Matthew Ferrier | Director | 2003-09-23 | 2005-10-03 |
| ROSE, Matthew Ferrier | Director | 2003-07-18 | 2003-09-23 |
| SELLARS, Melissa Jane | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2007-05-14 |
| SHARPLES, Edgar Rowan | Director | 2005-01-31 | 2005-07-18 |
| SPENCER, Christopher John Lambert | Director | 2003-01-03 | 2003-09-23 |
| TAYLOR, Julie Anne | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-09-01 |
| TODD, Alistair Mark | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-11-28 |
| TRAIN, Christopher | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2003-01-03 |
| WILSON, Benjamin Hollis | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2025-11-28 |
| WILSON, Benjamin Hollis | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2023-09-01 |
| WINSER, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2008-11-30 | 2011-02-15 |
| WOOLLACOTT, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2002-10-21 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-06-18 | 2002-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Bidco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-28 | Active |
| Lattice Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.