GLOBAL RELAY UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4M
-10.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+34.9% vs 2024
Employees
595
+15.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.2M
+15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,249,372 | £78,561,236 | +15.1% | |
| Operating profit | £4,615,711 | £5,303,703 | +14.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,515,488 | £5,199,599 | +15.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,294,725 | £3,819,004 | +15.9% | |
| Cash | £1,568,513 | £1,399,264 | -10.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,532,230 | £16,906,182 | +16.3% | |
| Net assets | £10,944,448 | £14,763,452 | +34.9% | |
| Equity | £10,944,448 | £14,763,452 | +34.9% | |
| Average employees | 517 | 595 | +15.1% | |
| Wages | £45,556,880 | £51,387,624 | +12.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,283 | £143,742 | -41.6% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.8% | 31.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 46.05x | 50.95x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the director has adopted the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to 31 August 2025, the Company completed the purchase of its office building located at 45 Cannon Street in London for £111,450,000. The purchase was financed through a combination of a term loan and a draw on a syndicated revolving credit facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROY, Warren | Director | 2009-10-27 | Oct 1963 | Canadian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Warren Roy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.