GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES P L C
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£37M
+61.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
+26.4% vs 2024
Employees
158
+5.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£118M
+138.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £95,400,000 | £94,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | £294,500,000 | £124,300,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£307,800,000 | £117,800,000 | |
| Net profit | -£307,800,000 | £116,000,000 | |
| Cash | £22,900,000 | £36,900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,583,000,000 | £2,000,700,000 | |
| Equity | £1,583,000,000 | £2,000,700,000 | |
| Average employees | 150 | 158 | |
| Wages | £24,400,000 | £24,200,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 308.7% | 132.0% | |
| Net margin | -322.6% | 123.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.1% | 33.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | 16.64x | 9.49x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES P L C · parent
- Great Portland Estates Services Limited
- G.P.E. (St Thomas Street) Limited
- G.P.E. (Bermondsey Street) Limited
- G.P.E. (Wardour Street) Limited
Significant events
- “£350 million rights issue in May 2024 to seize significant opportunity in Central London commercial real estate.”
- “Rights issue proceeds allocated (incl. capex) £325m”
- “New leasing deals premium to ERV +10.6%”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENNARK, Darren | Secretary | 2019-09-30 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Mark | Director | 2021-09-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| COTTAM, Jayne | Director | 2026-03-16 | Aug 1974 | British |
| COURTAULD, Toby Augustine | Director | 2002-04-08 | Apr 1968 | British |
| DUFFY, Peter Bernard | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jun 1966 | British |
| ECCLESHARE, Christopher William | Director | 2025-05-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| GREEN, Karen Ann | Director | 2023-12-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| JARMAN, Victoria Clare | Director | 2020-02-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| MAGESH, Champa Hariharan | Director | 2022-08-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Daniel Christopher | Director | 2021-09-06 | Aug 1972 | British |
| WOODS, Emma Margaret | Director | 2022-02-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Christopher Jeremy Richard | Secretary | — | 1996-12-02 |
| FRYER, Carolyn Jane | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 1998-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Desna Lee | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| BECKER, Wendy | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2022-07-07 |
| DESMOND, Daniel Frank | Director | — | 1992-02-27 |
| DRAKESMITH, Nicholas Timon | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2011-05-27 |
| EDGCUMBE, John Charles | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2007-07-05 |
| FORD, Norman David | Director | — | 1997-07-22 |
| GITTENS, Paul Alexander | Director | — | 2002-07-17 |
| GODWIN, David Christopher | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2004-07-09 |
| GRAHAM, Anthony Lawrence | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2005-07-08 |
| HALL, Patrick Oliver | Director | 1991-08-12 | 2000-10-18 |
| HAMPTON, Nick | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2025-04-03 |
| HARVEY, Thomas Cockayne | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| HOLDEN, Elizabeth Jane Dilwihs | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2017-07-06 |
| IRBY, Charles Leonard Anthony | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2014-07-03 |
| JARRAD, Leonard Stanley | Director | — | 1999-07-13 |
| MULLY, Richard Stephen | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| NICHOLLS, Jonathan Clive | Director | 2009-07-10 | 2016-07-08 |
| NOEL, Robert Montague | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| O'DONOVAN, Kathleen Anne | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2009-07-10 |
| PAYTON, Roger Louis | Director | — | 2000-07-18 |
| PERLIN, Howard Stephen | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2003-07-15 |
| PESKIN, Richard Martin | Director | 1968-10-16 | 2009-03-31 |
| PHILIPPS, Charles Edward Laurence | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2023-03-30 |
| ROSE, Phillip | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2012-04-05 |
| ROSE-SLADE, Alison Marie | Director | 2018-04-04 | 2023-07-06 |
| SANDERSON, Nicholas James | Director | 2011-07-25 | 2026-01-30 |
| SCICLUNA, Martin Anthony | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| SHAW, Peter David Marley | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| SHORT, Jonathan Ottley | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2018-07-05 |
| THOMPSON, Neil | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2016-12-12 |
| WHITELEY, John Howard | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2005-07-31 |
| WITTY, John David | Director | 1987-11-24 | 1997-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 658 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1.3%
£95,400,000 £94,200,000
-
Cash
+61.1%
£22,900,000 £36,900,000
-
Net assets
+26.4%
£1,583,000,000 £2,000,700,000
-
Employees
+5.3%
150 158
-
Operating profit
-57.8%
£294,500,000 £124,300,000
-
Profit before tax
+138.3%
-£307,800,000 £117,800,000
-
Wages
-0.8%
£24,400,000 £24,200,000
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