WESTGATE GLOBAL LTD
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Cash
£1.5m
-70.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.2m
-37.7% vs 2024
Employees
98
-6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-52% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,113,406 | £21,661,740 | £19,546,144 | -9.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,901,447 | £2,443,252 | £1,167,685 | -52.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,930,238 | £2,598,806 | £1,246,176 | -52% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,234,957 | £1,976,103 | £1,023,968 | -48.2% | |
| Cash | £745,112 | £2,587,587 | £3,943,665 | £4,991,543 | £1,454,671 | -70.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,232,754 | £7,229,886 | £8,257,741 | £10,173,155 | £6,374,154 | -37.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,681,780 | £7,202,683 | £8,047,306 | £10,023,409 | £6,247,377 | -37.7% | |
| Equity | — | £7,202,683 | £8,047,306 | £10,023,409 | £6,247,377 | -37.7% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 100 | 106 | 105 | 98 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £5,363,887 | £5,688,739 | £5,538,676 | -2.6% | |
| 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. 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 13.7% | 11.3% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.6% | 9.1% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 35.1% | 24.0% | 18.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -512.6% | 33.6% | 28.8% | 25.9% | 37.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.33x | 3.65x | 2.32x |
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
- WESTGATE GLOBAL LTD 2020-11-09 → present
- G. GATES LTD 2012-11-30 → 2020-11-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Benee Consulting Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- WESTGATE GLOBAL LTD · parent
- Westgate Global GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025, additions to intangible assets were £0.44m and additions to tangible fixed assets were £0.72m, including £0.54m in the hire fleet.”
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £4,800,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATES, Benjamin | Director | 2026-05-07 | May 1993 | British |
| GATES, Edward Ernest | Director | 2020-12-19 | Jul 1972 | British |
| GATES, Gerrard Bramwell | Director | 2012-11-30 | Mar 1967 | British |
| GATES, John Derrick | Director | 2020-12-19 | Aug 1968 | British |
| GATES, Murray Richard | Director | 2026-05-07 | Jun 1995 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNETT, Anthony | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2025-01-24 |
| FREEMAN, Robert James | Director | 2021-03-02 | 2025-01-24 |
| GATES, Andrea Ruth | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2021-03-02 |
| GATES, Carolyn Elizabeth | Director | 2020-12-19 | 2021-03-02 |
| GATES, Roberta Susan | Director | 2020-12-19 | 2021-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Accelerator Pty Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-02 | Ceased 2025-01-24 |
| Hexdown Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-03-02 | Active |
| Mrs Carolyn Elizabeth Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mrs Roberta Susan Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mr John Derrick Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mr Edward Ernest Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-19 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Gates | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2020-12-17 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mrs Andrea Ruth Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-17 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Gerrard Bramwell Gates | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-17 | Ceased 2021-03-02 |
| Mrs Andrea Ruth Gates | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-17 |
| Mr Gerrard Bramwell Gates | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.