G.K.N. GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£160M
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
+128.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,679,000 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£28,000 | £7,151,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,410,000 | £14,648,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,862,000 | £11,581,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £156,026,000 | £160,093,000 | |
| Net assets | £148,512,000 | £160,093,000 | |
| Equity | £148,512,000 | £160,093,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 218.8% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | 4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.3% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.03x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | -0.12x | 32.80x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company's forecasts show that the Company expects to be able to continue to operate for the next 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. The Company is a subsidiary of Dowlais, a specialist engineering group focussed on the automotive sector. The 2024 full year financial results of Dowlais disclosed that the Group had financing headroom of c.£0.7 billion at 31 December 2024. Forecasts for the Group demonstrate that financing headroom is expected to remain at similar or improved levels, and that all banking covenants will be complied with, throughout the going concern period.”
Group structure
- G.K.N. GROUP SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- GKN Countertrade Limited 100%
- GKN Marks Limited 0.0032%
- Hoeganaes Corporation Engineering Europe SA 0.01%
Significant events
- “On 29 January 2025, the Boards of Dowlais Group plc and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM) reached an agreement and recommended the share and cash combination of the Company's ultimate parent with AAM. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, Emma Jayne | Director | 2023-04-20 | Aug 1981 | British |
| NICHOLSON, John David | Director | 2023-04-20 | Jun 1981 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Secretary | 2018-04-19 | 2023-04-20 |
| DE FEO, Caterina | Secretary | 2012-09-13 | 2015-05-19 |
| FELTON, Judith Mary | Secretary | 2005-03-21 | 2006-06-18 |
| FELTON, Judith Mary | Secretary | — | 1997-07-21 |
| MCLEOD, Julie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-04-20 | 2025-08-08 |
| PAVEY, David Gordon | Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 2005-03-21 |
| PORRITT, Kerry Anne Abigail | Secretary | 2012-02-22 | 2012-09-13 |
| STOTE, Tanya | Secretary | 2006-06-19 | 2012-02-22 |
| WATSON, Kerry Anne | Secretary | 2015-05-19 | 2018-04-24 |
| BARNES, Garry Elliot, Mr. | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2023-04-20 |
| CARTER, Monique Patrica | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| CONSTANTINE, Maureen | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2007-12-19 |
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2023-04-20 |
| CURRAL, Alfred William | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2018-04-30 |
| DENHAM, Grey | Director | 1995-11-07 | 2009-05-07 |
| ETCHES, Richard Williamson | Director | 1998-09-30 | 2004-06-30 |
| FELTON, Judith Mary | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2014-06-20 |
| GEORGE, Anthony Frank | Director | — | 1995-11-07 |
| HUGHES, John Hardeman | Director | — | 1997-11-19 |
| INSCH, Brian Douglas | Director | 1997-11-19 | 1998-09-30 |
| MCILDOWIE, Douglas | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2015-12-31 |
| MORGAN, Geoffrey Damien | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2023-04-20 |
| PEAKE, Robert William | Director | — | 1994-05-27 |
| PECKHAM, Simon Antony | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2019-12-16 |
| PULLING, David Hywel, Dr | Director | 2006-04-05 | 2008-07-31 |
| RICHARDS, Matthew John | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2023-04-20 |
| RUGMAN, John Henry | Director | — | 1997-11-19 |
| SCLATER, Mark Josceline | Director | 2014-06-21 | 2018-04-19 |
| SEEGER JR, William Claire | Director | 2008-01-30 | 2014-02-25 |
| STEIN, Nigel Macrae | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2018-03-14 |
| VAUGHAN, Martyn Richard | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2008-04-30 |
| WALKER, Adam Christopher | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2017-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gkn Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-16 | Active |
| Gkn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-16 |
| Gkn Enterprise Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | 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
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-100%
£2,679,000 £0
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£148,512,000 £160,093,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+25,639.3%
-£28,000 £7,151,000
-
Profit before tax
+128.5%
£6,410,000 £14,648,000
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