GRAY & ADAMS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-02
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26M
+87.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£89M
+27.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
778
+1.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£26M
+38.3% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-02
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-28 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-05-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £219,830,316 | £245,643,941 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £18,475,438 | £25,143,671 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £18,558,504 | £25,661,694 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,400,043 | £1,400,043 | £15,500,370 | £21,686,819 | |
| Cash | — | £5,824 | £5,824 | £14,098,976 | £26,402,732 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,681,120 | £71,095,267 | £90,298,521 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £70,237,447 | £89,359,266 | |
| Equity | £1,681,077 | £1,681,120 | £1,681,120 | £70,237,447 | £89,359,266 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 750 | 767 | 778 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £31,403,895 | £34,778,857 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,860,584 | £1,046,892 |
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
+11.7%
£219,830,316 £245,643,941
-
Cash
+87.3%
£14,098,976 £26,402,732
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+27.2%
£70,237,447 £89,359,266
-
Employees
+1.4%
767 778
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+36.1%
£18,475,438 £25,143,671
-
Profit before tax
+38.3%
£18,558,504 £25,661,694
-
Wages
+10.7%
£31,403,895 £34,778,857
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 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-28 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-05-02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 8.4% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 7.1% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 26.0% | 27.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.59x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 14663.05x | — |
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
- GRAY & ADAMS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2010-05-25 → present
- SF 031209 LIMITED 2009-12-03 → 2010-05-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditors concluded that Directors' use of going concern basis is appropriate, and identified no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the group's or parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GRAY & ADAMS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Gray & Adams (Doncaster) Limited 60%
- Gray & Adams (Dunfermline) Limited 100%
- Gray & Adams (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Gray & Adams Limited 100%
- Gray & Adams Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased from £219,830k to £245,644k in the period ended 2 May 2025.”
- “The group expects strong levels of activity to continue and business to remain extremely positive, having extended its forecast by a further eight months.”
- “Honoured with a King's Award for Enterprise in Innovation in early 2025, the second royal accolade following the Queen's Award for innovation in 2020.”
- “Recognised in the Sunday Times Top Track 250 and International Track 200 league tables.”
- “Significant investment of around £1.8m at the Fraserburgh site will continue in 2026 with new machinery, building extensions and site enhancements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew | Secretary | 2022-05-31 | — | — |
| GRAY, Peter | Director | 2009-12-03 | May 1958 | Scottish |
| GRAY JUNIOR, James Joshua | Director | 2009-12-03 | Jul 1955 | British |
| PHILPOT, Marie Frances | Director | 2009-12-03 | Aug 1969 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew | Director | 2022-10-14 | Apr 1986 | British |
Show 8 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 |
| SF SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-03 | 2010-03-03 |
| B GRAY, Lewis | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2015-04-01 |
| GRANT, Mark Alexander | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2022-05-09 |
| GRAY JUNIOR, Lewis | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2009-12-07 |
| MITCHELL, Paul Watt | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2013-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Joshua Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-15 | 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 | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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.