GARDNER NEWTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£958K
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
76
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£90K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £9,136,142 | £7,199,622 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £548,869 | £56,960 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £550,561 | £89,992 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £406,795 | £60,182 | |
| Cash | — | £30,425 | — | — | £787,829 | £958,024 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,486,785 | — | — | £4,492,719 | £4,823,310 | |
| Net assets | — | £626,785 | — | — | £3,781,434 | £3,924,895 | |
| Equity | £478,997 | £626,785 | £942,807 | £2,410,923 | £3,781,434 | £3,924,895 | |
| Average employees | — | 73 | — | — | 75 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,914,667 | £1,804,224 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £305,809 | £121,353 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-05-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 6.0% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 38.6% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.34x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 17.73x | 2.47x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GARDNER NEWTON LIMITED · parent
- Wholesale Glass Limited 100%
- Tower Glass (Bournemouth) Limited 100%
- Pureslide Limited 100%
- Novaglaze Limited 100%
- Infrared Manufacturing Limited 100%
- Commonfield Furniture Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Capital expenditure during the period included equipment upgrades, logistics enhancements and IT system improvements. The most significant development was the acquisition of a well-established furniture manufacturing company and the opening of a fifth manufacturing site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, David | Director | 2019-08-30 | Jul 1954 | British |
| ROBERTS, Tracy | Director | 2019-12-24 | Nov 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Tracy Roberts | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-04-01 | Active |
| Mr David Chambers | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-08-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-04-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-08-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.