G.R. LANE HEALTH PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-7.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
0% vs 2024
Employees
180
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£442K
-81.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £25,914,403 | £26,757,294 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,475,231 | £428,339 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,337,551 | £442,345 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,914,002 | £334,010 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £3,681,499 | £3,403,756 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £6,222,429 | £6,010,002 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £6,010,002 | £6,010,002 | |
| Equity | £9,743,897 | £9,086,086 | £11,748,520 | £13,228,449 | £6,010,002 | £6,010,002 | £6,010,002 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 185 | 180 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £6,811,497 | £6,851,307 |
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 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 39.8% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.62x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 12.48x | 10.46x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has sufficient financial resources available and is currently trading profitably and generating cash. The directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this trend will continue. The directors believe that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On the 26 January 2026, the company's defined benefit pension scheme, G R Lane Group Pension Scheme, was transferred to insurance policies. From that date, there are no longer has any pensioners in the scheme and minimal remaining assets which will be used to cover any final costs as the scheme is formally closed down.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RODGER, Simon Harley | Secretary | 2025-07-31 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Rachel Ann | Director | 2022-04-19 | Jun 1968 | British |
| ELTON, Mark Richard | Director | 2023-08-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| GROVES, Janet Margaret | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| GROVES, Jonathan Roger | Director | 2012-08-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| HARDY, Elizabeth Mary Marguerite | Director | 2021-08-10 | Jul 1980 | British |
| HORAN, Mark | Director | 2015-08-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
| KELLY, Aden Craig | Director | 2016-01-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| RODGER, Simon Harley | Director | 2025-03-03 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREY, Derek Keith | Secretary | — | 2006-08-31 |
| WHATLEY, Paul Charles | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| AWDRY, Vere Charles | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| BISHOP, Adrian Charles | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2001-05-31 |
| COLE, David Alexander | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| CREED, John Clement | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| DRING, Sheila Jacqueline | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| HENLY, Paul | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2022-04-19 |
| HOWARD, Trevor Edward | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| HUMPHREY, Derek Keith | Director | — | 2006-08-31 |
| LANE, Helen Janet Hall | Director | — | 2000-11-10 |
| LANE, Roger Gilbert | Director | — | 2000-11-10 |
| LATHAM, George | Director | 2001-05-11 | 2014-07-31 |
| LENTHALL, Herbert | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| LYNN, Hillary | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2021-08-10 |
| MCWILLIAM, David Morgan Lennox | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2002-09-30 |
| PALMER, David John | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2011-03-03 |
| SIMONS, Paul | Director | — | 2001-08-29 |
| TIDY, George Bernard | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2016-07-31 |
| WHATLEY, Paul Charles | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2025-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G R Lane Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-07-31 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+3.3%
£25,914,403 £26,757,294
-
Cash
-7.5%
£3,681,499 £3,403,756
-
Net assets
0%
£6,010,002 £6,010,002
-
Employees
-2.7%
185 180
-
Operating profit
-82.7%
£2,475,231 £428,339
-
Profit before tax
-81.1%
£2,337,551 £442,345
-
Wages
+0.6%
£6,811,497 £6,851,307
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers