G A ENGINEERING (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
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Cash
£135k
+610.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.8m
-30.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
38
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£426k
-40.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £2,815,171 | £3,637,237 | £3,454,845 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £116,235 | -£302,147 | -£425,784 | -40.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £107,280 | -£302,429 | -£425,784 | -40.8% | |
| Net profit | £94,471 | -£292,934 | -£421,702 | -44% | |
| Cash | £41,611 | £18,979 | £134,857 | +610.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,091,016 | -£1,383,949 | -£1,805,651 | -30.5% | |
| Net assets | -£1,091,016 | -£1,383,949 | -£1,805,651 | -30.5% | |
| Equity | -£1,091,016 | -£1,383,949 | -£1,805,651 | -30.5% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 41 | 38 | -7.3% | |
| 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 | 4.1% | -8.3% | -12.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -8.1% | -12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 162.2% | 178.0% | 159.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.44x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | 12.98x | — | — |
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 §1A
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The company is subject to a cross guarantee provided in respect of certain group-wide banking facilities. These facilities are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets and undertakings of the company and all other group-wide facility participants.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 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 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Tyler John | Secretary | 2020-04-03 | 2024-02-01 |
| MURRAY, Kerrie Rae Doreen | Secretary | 2018-05-14 | 2020-04-03 |
| WATSON, Frank William | Secretary | 2016-12-06 | 2018-05-14 |
| AITKEN, Gavin | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2017-01-19 |
| DEUCHARS, Gordon | Director | 2011-12-15 | 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 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryme Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| G A Engineering (Group) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 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 | |
| 2025-12-15 | 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 | |
| 2025-04-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.