ROBERT GATWARD JEWELLERS LIMITED
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Cash
£9.1M
+14.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£17M
+12.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
42
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+5.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,423,051 | £12,423,565 | £12,756,639 | £16,173,692 | £15,845,356 | £18,845,107 | +18.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,291,299 | £2,852,702 | £3,100,174 | £3,275,997 | £2,551,337 | £2,732,380 | +7.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,286,639 | £2,840,402 | £3,102,367 | £3,322,251 | £2,867,229 | £3,031,379 | +5.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,016,556 | £2,296,128 | £2,479,115 | £2,546,663 | £2,067,370 | £2,180,694 | +5.5% | |
| Cash | £4,233,513 | £6,506,722 | £6,599,760 | £6,271,508 | £7,975,089 | £9,134,569 | +14.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,668,873 | £8,888,191 | £10,878,543 | £13,490,788 | £15,442,335 | £17,389,760 | +12.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,209,329 | £8,420,167 | £10,813,992 | £13,275,365 | £15,232,445 | £17,138,139 | +12.5% | |
| Equity | £6,209,329 | £8,420,167 | £10,813,992 | £13,275,365 | £15,232,445 | £17,138,139 | +12.5% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 37 | 38 | 42 | 44 | 42 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £1,301,735 | £930,898 | £1,046,154 | £1,275,128 | £1,390,224 | £1,637,185 | +17.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £8,710 | £8,082 | £8,970 | £9,100 | £9,100 | £47,441 | +421.3% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 23.0% | 24.3% | 20.3% | 16.1% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 18.5% | 19.4% | 15.7% | 13.0% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.9% | 32.1% | 28.5% | 24.3% | 16.5% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 13.2% | 15.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 6.83x | 5.80x | 9.00x |
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
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the results, the economic conditions and the balance sheet and have no doubts that the Group continues to be a going concern.”
Group structure
- ROBERT GATWARD JEWELLERS LIMITED · parent
- TL Jewellers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The sale of the business to an Employee Ownership Trust in September 2025 is an exciting development and is seen as a natural development to secure the long-term future of the business and create a sense of shared ownership with the company's employees now being the effective owners.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Bridie | Secretary | 2025-08-21 | — | — |
| FLYNN, Stephanie | Director | 2025-08-21 | Mar 1993 | British |
| GIBSON, Alan James | Director | 2025-04-17 | Jul 1955 | British |
| GILL, Keith Leslie | Director | 2011-03-17 | Nov 1960 | British |
| LETT, Daniel James | Director | 2025-08-21 | Mar 1993 | British |
| MANSOOR, Shoaib | Director | 2025-08-21 | Jun 1977 | British |
| MORRISON, Marc Alexander | Director | 2025-08-21 | Mar 1973 | British |
| ROOKE, Duncan Charles | Director | 2025-08-21 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Bridie | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2025-08-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gatward Jewellers Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-05 | Active |
| Mrs Bridie Gill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-05 |
| Keith Leslie Alan Gill | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-15 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.