GENERAL ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-23.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+6.8% vs 2024
Employees
57
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,638,000 | £7,170,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,710,000 | £3,444,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,519,000 | £3,487,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,734,000 | £2,712,000 | |
| Cash | £2,223,000 | £1,704,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,602,000 | £35,192,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,908,000 | £31,946,000 | |
| Equity | £29,908,000 | £31,946,000 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 57 | |
| Wages | £1,051,000 | £1,100,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 48.6% | 48.0% | |
| Net margin | 35.8% | 37.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.9% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 16.86x | 20.87x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- 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 or the 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
- GENERAL ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Whit One Limited 1%
- Whit Two Limited 1%
- Whit Three Limited 1%
- Whit Four Limited 1%
- Company of Proprietors of Whitchurch Bridge 1%
Significant events
- “On 11 April 2025, the Company paid an interim dividend of £1.40 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERCY, James Crothers Habgood | Secretary | 2022-03-16 | — | — |
| BELLO, Jennifer Kathleen | Director | 2004-07-20 | May 1952 | British |
| PERCY, Andrew George | Director | — | Apr 1949 | British |
| PERCY, James Crothers Habgood | Director | 2004-07-20 | Dec 1974 | British |
| PERCY, Jonathan Robert Andrew | Director | 2021-06-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Benjamin George | Director | 2022-12-08 | Oct 1975 | British |
| WALKER, Peter Francis | Director | — | Jan 1939 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERCY, Andrew George | Secretary | — | 2009-02-26 |
| SEEDWELL, Philip Malcolm | Secretary | 2009-02-26 | 2021-12-31 |
| BEATON, Edward Victor | Director | — | 2011-05-26 |
| MAKEPEACE, Brian David | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2013-09-12 |
| PERCY, Christopher Michael | Director | — | 2017-06-18 |
| PERCY, Thomas Michael | Director | — | 2000-02-28 |
| SEEDWELL, Philip Malcolm | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2021-12-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Miles Minter | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2023-06-27 |
| TICKLER, Jean | Director | — | 2003-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Crothers Habgood Percy | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-10-11 | Active |
| Mr Philip Malcolm Seedwell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mr Christopher Michael Percy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-18 |
| Mr Peter Francis Walker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew George Percy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-09-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£7,638,000 £7,170,000
-
Cash
-23.3%
£2,223,000 £1,704,000
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£29,908,000 £31,946,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
59 57
-
Operating profit
-7.2%
£3,710,000 £3,444,000
-
Profit before tax
-0.9%
£3,519,000 £3,487,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£1,051,000 £1,100,000
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