GATENBYSANDERSON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
-1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£21m
-9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
180
-9.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.8m
+7.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,896,646 | £33,616,066 | £29,240,422 | -13% | |
| Operating profit | -£698,075 | -£751,517 | -£1,519,248 | -102.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,087,303 | -£1,924,315 | -£1,780,341 | +7.5% | |
| Net profit | -£4,295,120 | -£2,018,729 | -£1,768,130 | +12.4% | |
| Cash | £1,711,166 | £1,242,958 | £1,230,780 | -1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,137,831 | £13,954,546 | £13,918,616 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | -£17,574,561 | -£19,593,290 | -£21,361,420 | -9% | |
| Equity | -£17,574,561 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 200 | 199 | 180 | -9.5% | |
| Wages | £11,830,479 | £11,423,166 | £10,645,104 | -6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £864,878 | £801,497 | £842,479 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,025 | £26,371 | £34,196 | +29.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £235,311 | £202,876 | £243,861 | +20.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | -2.2% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | -11.6% | -6.0% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.8% | -5.4% | -10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 174.0% | — | 253.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 0.88x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | -0.21x | -0.64x | -5.82x |
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
- GATENBYSANDERSON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-04-21 → present
- NEWINCCO 1308 LIMITED 2014-06-12 → 2015-04-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors believe that the group has the appropriate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GATENBYSANDERSON HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- GatenbySanderson Midco Limited 100%
- GatenbySanderson Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2014-11-08 | Apr 1965 | British |
| GORDON, Kevin John | Director | 2018-12-06 | Nov 1966 | British |
| MELLISS, Oliver Simon | Director | 2014-11-08 | Jan 1981 | British |
| STORY, Wayne Andrew | Director | 2014-12-19 | Jan 1961 | British |
| TURNER, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2014-11-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WELCH, Tina | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-12 | 2017-03-30 |
| ARMSTRONG, Alistair Paul | Director | 2014-11-08 | 2022-12-27 |
| DOBSON, Mark James | Director | 2025-02-26 | 2026-06-12 |
| DYSON, Camilla Mary | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2024-04-08 |
| GASCOIGNE, Matthew David | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2017-12-08 |
| GOLDSWORTHY, Jody | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2021-08-16 |
| HANDA, Ajay Kumar | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2017-07-31 |
| KEMSLEY, David Mark | Director | 2014-11-08 | 2016-04-15 |
| MACKIE, Christopher Alan | Director | 2014-06-12 | 2014-08-27 |
| OATES, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2014-08-27 | 2015-07-31 |
| TUCKER, Martin Antony | Director | 2014-11-08 | 2017-12-13 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-06-12 | 2014-08-27 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-06-12 | 2014-08-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Iv Group Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-01-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-12-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.