GIBSON BROS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-26 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+27.5% highest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£24M
+14.7% vs 2023
Employees
67
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+12.1% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £20,342,791 | £25,435,310 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,690,543 | £4,109,534 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £3,796,073 | £4,255,925 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,948,514 | £3,362,715 | |
| Cash | £1,301,211 | £873,457 | £1,901,636 | £1,090,206 | £1,194,288 | £7,141,973 | £9,105,447 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £22,741,241 | £25,932,916 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £21,357,231 | £24,499,119 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | £21,357,231 | £24,499,119 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,366,849 | £2,643,414 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £188,248 | £263,961 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+25%
£20,342,791 £25,435,310
-
Cash
+27.5%
£7,141,973 £9,105,447
highest in 7 filed years
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Net assets
+14.7%
£21,357,231 £24,499,119
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Employees
+6.3%
63 67
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Operating profit
+11.4%
£3,690,543 £4,109,534
-
Profit before tax
+12.1%
£3,796,073 £4,255,925
-
Wages
+11.7%
£2,366,849 £2,643,414
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 18.1% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 14.5% | 13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 16.2% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.74x | 3.09x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2046.89x | — |
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
- GMCG PORTADOWN
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 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
- GIBSON BROS LIMITED · parent
- Gibson Bros (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Court Finance Limited 100%
- MP Coleman Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The subsidiary companies have continued to trade well, and with synergies across group companies being taken advantage of, this has contributed to the increase in sales and earnings.”
- “The group's operational environment was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in the period. This created a short term risk which the directors were fully cognisant of.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERRING, Justin | Secretary | 2017-12-11 | — | — |
| FISHER, Pamela Mary | Director | 2021-03-13 | Nov 1965 | British |
| GERRING, Justin Alfred | Director | 2000-03-22 | Oct 1963 | British |
| GERRING, Rosemary Elaine | Director | 2021-03-13 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GIBSON, John Elliott | Director | 2000-03-22 | Feb 1960 | British |
| MORGAN, Dermot | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1990 | Irish |
| STEVENSON, Dorothea Elizabeth | Director | 2021-03-13 | Aug 1958 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, William Stephens | Secretary | 1986-09-22 | 2017-12-10 |
| GIBSON, John | Director | 1986-09-22 | 2020-07-22 |
| GIBSON, William Stephens | Director | 1986-09-22 | 2017-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Elliott Gibson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-03-01 | Active |
| Mr John Gibson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-22 |
| Mrs Rosemary Elaine Gerring | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.