GEARFORM HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+12% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
331
+2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£701K
-52% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £22,409,817 | £22,220,648 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,769,398 | £1,003,450 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,461,287 | £701,141 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,081,388 | £586,111 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,869,278 | £1,393,453 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £2,875,420 | £2,513,774 | £7,567,488 | £8,442,977 | |
| Net assets | £1 | £230,304 | £168,324 | £5,043,722 | £5,650,501 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £5,043,722 | £5,650,501 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 324 | 331 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,352,383 | £6,793,260 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £257,923 | £186,428 | £260,010 | £222,257 |
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-0.8%
£22,409,817 £22,220,648
-
Cash
-25.5%
£1,869,278 £1,393,453
-
Net assets
+12%
£5,043,722 £5,650,501
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+2.2%
324 331
-
Operating profit
-43.3%
£1,769,398 £1,003,450
-
Profit before tax
-52%
£1,461,287 £701,141
-
Wages
+6.9%
£6,352,383 £6,793,260
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 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.9% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.8% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 23.4% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.06x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 5.74x | 3.32x |
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
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above, and after making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate 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
- GEARFORM HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Nikwax Limited 100%
- Paramo Limited 100%
- Nikwax North America, Inc 100%
- Nikwax Europe Sp. z. o. o 100%
- Gearform SAS 100%
Significant events
- “The Group transitioned to Employee Ownership (through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)) in 2022.”
- “GearForm SAS has established its place in the group and are confident that this acquisition will long continue to bring future growth and opportunities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Adam William | Director | 2021-05-03 | Mar 1979 | British |
| NASH, Jonathan Allen | Director | 2021-05-03 | Nov 1982 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Nicholas | Director | 2021-05-03 | 2022-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearform Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-02-01 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Brown | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-16 | Ceased 2022-02-01 |
| Mr Jonathan Allen Nash | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-03 | Ceased 2021-06-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-02-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-03 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.