GRAY & ADAMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-02
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+73% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£58M
+8.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
502
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£20M
+53.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-02
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-28 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-05-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £162,605,846 | £165,775,132 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £11,504,339 | £14,972,755 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £8,407,656 | £12,861,839 | £19,692,950 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £6,827,440 | £10,528,797 | £16,696,086 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £8,477,506 | £8,537,804 | £14,773,427 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £45,206,640 | £54,261,320 | £59,043,383 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £44,401,002 | £53,529,799 | £58,265,885 | |
| Equity | £34,792,266 | £39,618,562 | £44,401,002 | £44,401,002 | £53,529,799 | £58,265,885 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 512 | 502 | 502 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £20,106,280 | £21,318,587 | £22,683,013 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,383,550 | £1,741,806 | £1,818,137 |
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 2025-05-02 vs 2024-04-26
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£162,605,846 £165,775,132
-
Cash
+73%
£8,537,804 £14,773,427
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+8.8%
£53,529,799 £58,265,885
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
502 502
-
Operating profit
+30.1%
£11,504,339 £14,972,755
-
Profit before tax
+53.1%
£12,861,839 £19,692,950
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+6.4%
£21,318,587 £22,683,013
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-28 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-05-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 7.1% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 21.2% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.61x | 2.18x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- GRAY & ADAMS LIMITED · parent
- Gray & Adams (Doncaster) Limited 60%
- Gray & Adams (Dunfermline) Limited 100%
- Gray & Adams (Ireland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Received King's Award for Enterprise in Innovation (early 2025), Queen's Award for innovation (2020), and nineteen TCS&D awards since 2016. Recognized by Sunday Times Top Track 250 and International Track 200 league tables.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-05-31 | — | — |
| GRAY, James Gordon | Director | 2021-12-13 | Dec 1986 | British |
| GRAY, Martin | Director | 2010-10-08 | Apr 1977 | British |
| GRAY, Peter | Director | — | May 1958 | Scottish |
| GRAY JUNIOR, James Joshua | Director | — | Jul 1955 | British |
| GRAY JUNIOR, Lewis | Director | 2007-04-20 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew | Director | 2022-10-14 | Apr 1986 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Paul Watt | Secretary | 2011-11-16 | 2013-04-30 |
| SMITH, Derek | Secretary | 2010-03-15 | 2011-11-16 |
| SMITH, John | Secretary | 2013-04-30 | 2022-05-14 |
| WATT, James Lawrence | Secretary | — | 2010-03-15 |
| ADAMS, James Gilchrist | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2001-06-09 |
| ADAMS, James Gunn | Director | — | 1998-06-02 |
| GRANT, Mark Alexander | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2022-05-09 |
| GRAY, James | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| GRAY, Lewis Beedie | Director | — | 2015-04-01 |
| MITCHELL, Paul Watt | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2013-04-30 |
| SMITH, Derek Robert | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2011-11-16 |
| WATT, James Lawrence | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2010-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray & Adams Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.