GEOFFREY ROBINSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-32.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-21.2% vs 2023
Employees
289
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+40.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £46,333,646 | £53,545,688 | |
| Operating profit | £3,127,585 | £4,312,217 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,289,015 | £4,627,705 | |
| Net profit | £2,206,652 | £3,657,285 | |
| Cash | £7,613,985 | £5,143,517 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,669,650 | £8,476,903 | |
| Net assets | £9,866,608 | £7,773,893 | |
| Equity | £9,866,608 | £7,773,893 | |
| Average employees | 266 | 289 | |
| Wages | £15,080,860 | £16,408,991 |
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 | 6.8% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.3% | 50.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.0% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 191.79x | 22577.05x |
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
- Censis
- 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 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
- GEOFFREY ROBINSON LIMITED · parent
- Robinson & Robinson Hospitality Limited
Significant events
- “The year has seen the inclusion of several high value projects. However, the company remains committed to a balanced portfolio, delivering across all levels from small value/high quantity planned and reactive maintenance contracts to larger one-off projects with a continued emphasis on flexible routes to market that achieve our overarching goal of supporting our clients in managing their estates.”
- “Trading activity has been maintained into 2025 and the expectation is that record levels of turnover will be reported for the accounting year ended 31 December 2025.”
- “Dividends amounting to £650,000 were approved and paid by the directors during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Susan Patricia | Secretary | 2017-03-06 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, Susan Patricia | Director | 2020-01-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| BRENNAN, Thomas | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| ROBINSON, Geoffrey | Director | — | Mar 1946 | British |
| TALBOT, Andrew James | Director | 2022-01-31 | Apr 1983 | British |
| WALKER, Paul Ronald | Director | 2018-09-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Dawn Annette | Secretary | — | 2008-07-14 |
| SWEENEY, Fay Elizabeth | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2015-02-12 |
| SWEENEY, Fay Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-07-14 | 2006-11-10 |
| DITCHBURN, James | Director | 2006-07-14 | 2006-11-10 |
| GILDEROY, Paul Wilson | Director | — | 2004-11-30 |
| ROBINSON, Dawn Annette | Director | — | 2008-07-14 |
| ROBINSON, Neal Geoffrey | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2024-10-28 |
| SMITHSON, James | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| SMITHSON, James | Director | 2006-07-14 | 2006-11-10 |
| TWIGGER, John | Director | — | 2022-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neal Geoffrey Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
| Mr Geoffrey Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+15.6%
£46,333,646 £53,545,688
-
Cash
-32.4%
£7,613,985 £5,143,517
-
Net assets
-21.2%
£9,866,608 £7,773,893
-
Employees
+8.6%
266 289
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Operating profit
+37.9%
£3,127,585 £4,312,217
-
Profit before tax
+40.7%
£3,289,015 £4,627,705
-
Wages
+8.8%
£15,080,860 £16,408,991
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