GRAINGER & WORRALL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£931K
-67.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
+32.4% vs 2023
Employees
642
+11.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
+171.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £77,154,242 | — | £67,436,995 | £63,474,338 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£4,520,780 | — | -£3,121,958 | £3,745,312 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£5,386,686 | — | -£4,176,946 | £2,974,383 | |
| Net profit | — | -£5,607,258 | — | -£3,877,956 | £542,538 | |
| Cash | -£5,648,695 | £476,232 | -£8,063,974 | £2,833,580 | £931,473 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,723,694 | — | £1,890,198 | £2,214,229 | |
| Net assets | — | -£224,952 | — | -£2,380,336 | -£1,608,675 | |
| Equity | £5,748,833 | -£224,952 | -£224,952 | -£2,380,336 | -£1,608,675 | |
| Average employees | — | 491 | — | 574 | 642 | |
| Wages | — | £22,658,662 | — | £20,931,400 | £22,489,505 |
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -5.9% | — | -4.6% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | -7.3% | — | -5.8% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -95.7% | — | -165.2% | 169.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.70x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | -5.22x | — | -2.92x | 4.72x |
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
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, the Directors conclude that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern principle in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 29 June 2023, the Company was acquired by Evolution Castings Group Limited. At the time of the transaction the business entered into a funding agreement with several key customers in the business who injected £12.9 million of funding into the Group.”
- “We were delighted to receive the Institute for Turnaround mid-market "Turnaround of the Year" award in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDRIDGE, Duncan Stuart | Director | 2024-02-05 | Aug 1965 | British |
| OXBOROUGH, Elizabeth Henrietta | Director | 2026-03-30 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAINGER, James Brendan | Secretary | — | 2023-06-29 |
| ACRAMAN, Cleo Ruth | Director | 2025-06-23 | 2026-03-31 |
| BURN, Andrew James Sebastian | Director | 2025-01-21 | 2026-03-06 |
| BURN, Andrew James Sebastian | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2024-02-05 |
| GRAINGER, Edward Thomas | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, James Brendan | Director | — | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Matthew Patrick | Director | — | 2023-06-29 |
| GRAINGER, Patrick Vernon | Director | — | 2022-11-08 |
| JOHNSON, Iain | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2025-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution Castings Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-29 | Active |
| Grainger & Worrall Technology Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-5.9%
£67,436,995 £63,474,338
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-67.1%
£2,833,580 £931,473
-
Net assets
+32.4%
-£2,380,336 -£1,608,675
-
Employees
+11.8%
574 642
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+220%
-£3,121,958 £3,745,312
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+171.2%
-£4,176,946 £2,974,383
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+7.4%
£20,931,400 £22,489,505
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