SUFFOLK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
-46.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£7.9m
+16% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3,587
+20.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+184% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £202,189,000 | £200,261,000 | £209,330,000 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,686,000 | £1,282,000 | £2,472,000 | +92.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,427,000 | £717,000 | £2,036,000 | +184% | |
| Net profit | £3,270,000 | £1,130,000 | £2,435,000 | +115.5% | |
| Cash | £9,446,000 | £29,916,000 | £16,082,000 | -46.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £14,809,000 | £14,850,000 | +0.3% | |
| Net assets | £6,933,000 | £6,849,000 | £7,944,000 | +16% | |
| Equity | £6,933,000 | £6,849,000 | £7,944,000 | +16% | |
| Average employees | 3,118 | 2,980 | 3,587 | +20.4% | |
| Wages | £52,793,000 | £54,337,000 | £63,870,000 | +17.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £882,000 | £825,000 | £818,000 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £44,000 | £48,000 | £52,000 | +8.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £317,000 | £409,000 | £380,000 | -7.1% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.7% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.1% | 90.9% | 88.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.94x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 6.75x | 1.37x | 4.12x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus, the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SUFFOLK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Vertas Group Limited 100%
- Concertus Design and Property Consultants Limited 100%
- Opus People Solutions Group Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOBSON, Geoffrey Thomas | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1953 | British |
| JOHNSON, Duncan Stewart | Director | 2015-05-01 | May 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Jamie Alexander | Director | 2022-04-07 | Oct 1973 | British |
| SURTEES, Ian | Director | 2015-08-17 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WILSON, Louise Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-23 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Howard Neil | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| ANTILL, Jennifer | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2017-09-01 |
| COYLE, Robert | Director | 2021-08-10 | 2024-03-31 |
| EVERITT, Robert Dale | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2025-07-22 |
| LOWES, Paul Darren | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2022-04-07 |
| REEDER, James Francis | Director | 2025-08-19 | 2026-05-11 |
| ROWE, Andrew Richard | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2022-04-07 |
| RUSSELL, Howard Neil | Director | 2015-08-16 | 2016-05-01 |
| WHITING, Robert Eric | Director | 2017-09-25 | 2021-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.