GRAFTON COMMODITY TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£34M
USD 45,261,008
+2,263.9% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£44M
USD 58,883,372
+63.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
24
+4.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£20M
USD 26,554,205
+2,023.2% vs 2024
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £13,785,893 | £27,740,548 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,344,706 | £834,852 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,032,193 | £19,850,643 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £41,138,067 | — | -£2,103,561 | — | -£6,710,694 | — | -£1,745,423 | £20,237,278 | |
| Cash | £3,401,625 | — | £15,712,127 | — | £3,054,204 | — | £123,503 | — | £1,431,325 | £33,834,947 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £26,948,281 | £44,018,369 | |
| Net assets | £18,772,276 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £26,948,281 | £44,018,369 | |
| Equity | £18,772,276 | £18,772,276 | £59,910,343 | £59,910,343 | £42,733,063 | £42,733,063 | £36,022,369 | £36,022,369 | £26,948,281 | £44,018,369 | |
| Average employees | 11 | — | — | — | 11 | — | 9 | — | 23 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,756,765 | £2,551,130 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £142,775 | £2,551,725 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+101.2%
£13,785,893 £27,740,548
-
Cash
+2,263.9%
£1,431,325 £33,834,947
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+63.3%
£26,948,281 £44,018,369
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+4.3%
23 24
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+162.1%
-£1,344,706 £834,852
-
Profit before tax
+2,023.2%
-£1,032,193 £19,850,643
-
Wages
+45.2%
£1,756,765 £2,551,130
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -9.8% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -12.7% | 73.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -5.0% | 1.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.30x | 11.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -9536.92x | — |
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
- Sopher + Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the 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
- GRAFTON COMMODITY TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Grafton Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100%
- Grafton Warehouse Services (UK) Ltd 100%
- Grafton Warehouse Services (US) LLC 100%
- Grafton Carbon Ltd 83%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group disposed of Grafton Logistics (Singapore) PTE Ltd, which operated in the logistics and warehousing segment. The disposal was completed on 09 September 2025. The disposed business contributed revenue of $26m and an operating profit of $8m to the Group results for the period prior to disposal and whilst this arm of the Group remained profitable the directors saw the disposal as an opportunity to exit from this business with a healthy return on it's initial investment.”
- “The disposal of Grafton Logistics (Singapore) PTE Ltd reflects the Board's ongoing strategic review of the Group's portfolio. The transaction enables management to reallocate capital and management time towards new ventures.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN, Thomas Marshall | Director | 2016-09-14 | Feb 1977 | British |
| SCIORTINO, Benedict John | Director | 2016-12-15 | Jun 1950 | Swiss |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENCIONI, Maurizio | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2022-02-21 |
| LOMBARDI, Piersandro | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2022-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Irina Olive Baldwin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-11-04 | Active |
| Mr Benedict John Sciortino | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-03-07 | Active |
| Mrs Irina Olive Baldwin | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-14 | Ceased 2016-12-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.