MERIT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£272K
-15.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-27.2% vs 2023
Employees
91
-9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£756K
-65% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £24,679,660 | £22,225,488 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,066 | £3,807 | — | £2,303,077 | £955,261 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,157,265 | £756,096 | |
| Net profit | £259,350 | £505,906 | — | £1,549,444 | £533,631 | |
| Cash | £64 | £2,773 | — | £322,716 | £271,705 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £128,239 | £202,922 | — | £4,044,344 | £3,064,786 | |
| Net assets | £128,239 | £202,922 | — | £2,267,506 | £1,650,443 | |
| Equity | £128,239 | £202,922 | £1,791,043 | £2,267,506 | £1,650,443 | |
| Average employees | — | 88 | — | 100 | 91 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,043,457 | £3,155,695 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £50,041 | £50,287 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-9.9%
£24,679,660 £22,225,488
-
Cash
-15.8%
£322,716 £271,705
-
Net assets
-27.2%
£2,267,506 £1,650,443
-
Employees
-9%
100 91
-
Operating profit
-58.5%
£2,303,077 £955,261
first positive since 2019
-
Profit before tax
-65%
£2,157,265 £756,096
-
Wages
+3.7%
£3,043,457 £3,155,695
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 9.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.3% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | 1.9% | — | 56.9% | 31.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 84.2% | 87.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 15.75x | 4.79x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there is sufficient working capital to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MERIT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Merit Couriers Limited 60%
- Merit Insulation Supplies Limited 60%
- Merit Office Installations Limited 90%
- Merit Professional Services Limited 70%
- Merit Spaces Limited 85%
- Merit Careers Limited 75%
- Vic UK Insulations Limited 56%
- Merit Glazing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the group undertook a refinancing of its borrowings. As part of this process: • Two existing charges registered at Companies House were satisfied in full and released on 17 July 2025 and 28 July 2025. • On 31 July 2025, a new charge was created in favour of Cynergy Bank PLC, which was registered at Companies House on 13 August 2025. This new charge comprises both fixed and floating charges and contains a negative pledge.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEEKES, Steven | Secretary | 2015-05-07 | — | — |
| ASHFORD, Jamie | Director | 2015-05-07 | Aug 1976 | British |
| ASHFORD, Richard | Director | 2015-05-07 | Jun 1978 | British |
| ASHFORD, Roy | Director | 2015-05-07 | Jul 1955 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Ashford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Richard Ashford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Roy Ashford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-01-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-10-18 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-11-03 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2021-11-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.