GROUNDHOG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-16 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-38.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+18.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
105
+12.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+104% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £300,000 | — | — | — | £12,841,523 | £17,176,160 | |
| Operating profit | £392,642 | — | — | — | £1,750,447 | £3,651,360 | |
| Profit before tax | £411,080 | — | — | — | £1,857,425 | £3,789,327 | |
| Net profit | -£10,657 | — | — | — | £1,360,463 | £2,703,257 | |
| Cash | £3,658,661 | £2,885,640 | £2,618,543 | — | £6,330,260 | £3,906,243 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,015,388 | — | — | — | £15,192,506 | £17,988,461 | |
| Net assets | £4,858,888 | £4,897,409 | £4,699,279 | — | £14,770,062 | £17,473,319 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £13,409,597 | £14,770,062 | £17,473,319 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 103 | — | 93 | 105 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,692,838 | £3,068,675 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+33.8%
£12,841,523 £17,176,160
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-38.3%
£6,330,260 £3,906,243
-
Net assets
+18.3%
£14,770,062 £17,473,319
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+12.9%
93 105
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+108.6%
£1,750,447 £3,651,360
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+104%
£1,857,425 £3,789,327
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+14%
£2,692,838 £3,068,675
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 130.9% | — | — | — | 13.6% | 21.3% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | — | — | — | 10.6% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | — | — | — | 11.5% | 20.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.33x | 4.38x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 309.12x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making their assessment the directors have reviewed the balance sheet, the likely future cash flows of the business and have considered the cash reserves held at the date of signing the report. The group meets its day to day working capital requirements from its cash reserves. At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GROUNDHOG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Groundhog (U.K) Limited 100%
- Groundhog Sales Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 October 2024 the group acquired 100 percent of the issued capital of Groundhog Sales Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Peter | Director | 2019-02-02 | Feb 1966 | British |
| RATCLIFFE, Gordon Paul | Director | 2012-04-20 | Jun 1959 | British |
| RATCLIFFE, Lesley Jeannette | Director | 2012-04-20 | May 1962 | British |
| RATCLIFFE, Ryan | Director | 2019-02-02 | Aug 1993 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gordon Paul Ratcliffe | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Lesley Jeannette Ratcliffe | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-10-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2019-02-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-10-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2019-10-04 | RP04CS01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2019-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2019-02-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.