GA ENGINEERING (SLIDING HEAD DIVISION) LIMITED
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Cash
£340k
+1,277.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.8m
+82.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
37
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.5m
+4,007.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,972,946 | £3,607,935 | £10,153,424 | +181.4% | |
| Operating profit | £253,600 | -£6,448 | £3,565,466 | +55,395.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £214,343 | -£89,077 | £3,480,780 | +4,007.6% | |
| Net profit | £192,939 | -£283,555 | £3,509,296 | +1,337.6% | |
| Cash | £11,761 | £24,652 | £339,556 | +1,277.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,645,869 | £5,048,964 | £8,186,658 | +62.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,539,319 | £4,255,763 | £7,765,059 | +82.5% | |
| Equity | £4,539,319 | £4,255,763 | £7,765,059 | +82.5% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 35 | 37 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | -0.2% | 35.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | -7.9% | 34.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | -0.1% | 43.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 50.7% | 39.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.01x | 2.14x | 2.62x | |
| Interest cover | 6.46x | -0.08x | 42.10x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GA ENGINEERING (SLIDING HEAD DIVISION) LIMITED 2010-12-21 → present
- G A ENGINEERING (ABERDEEN) LIMITED 2004-12-23 → 2010-12-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-02-01 | — | — |
| BUCHAN, Tyler John | Director | 2020-04-03 | Sep 1985 | British |
| MURRAY, Kerrie Rae Doreen | Director | 2018-05-14 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Tyler John | Secretary | 2020-04-03 | 2024-02-01 |
| KERR, Lesley | Secretary | 2005-06-16 | 2005-09-16 |
| MCBEAN, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2005-09-19 | 2010-05-19 |
| MCBEAN, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2004-12-23 | 2005-06-16 |
| MCDONALD, Jillian | Secretary | 2010-05-19 | 2017-11-24 |
| MURRAY, Kerrie Rae Doreen | Secretary | 2018-05-14 | 2020-04-03 |
| WATSON, Frank William | Secretary | 2017-11-24 | 2018-05-14 |
| BRIAN REID LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-12-23 | 2004-12-23 |
| AITKEN, Gavin | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2017-01-19 |
| DEUCHARS, Gordon | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2017-10-18 |
| DEUCHARS, Susan Lesley | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-11-05 |
| GRAY, Angus John | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2020-02-04 |
| HODKINSON, David John | Director | 2023-02-02 | 2023-12-31 |
| KERR, Murray Mckay | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-04-02 |
| SAWAYA MELVILLE, Zeina | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2020-10-01 |
| WATSON, Frank William | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2018-05-14 |
| STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-12-23 | 2004-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G A Engineering (Group) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-27 | Active |
| Pryme Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-13 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-01-13 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-01-13 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-01-13 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.