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G.A.E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Cash
£12M
+138.1% vs 2020
Net assets
£34M
+22.8% vs 2020
Employees
130
-4.4% vs 2020
Profit before tax
£8M
+78.5% vs 2020
Profile
- Company number
- 01075198
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1972-10-05
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 38110
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Energy & Climate median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2021-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £24,761,493 | £35,001,488 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,315,088 | £7,668,075 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,293,493 | £7,661,926 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,728,882 | £6,229,550 | |
| Cash | — | £5,181,354 | £12,339,368 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £28,422,839 | £34,824,403 | |
| Net assets | — | £27,336,165 | £33,565,715 | |
| Equity | £23,607,283 | £27,336,165 | £33,565,715 | |
| Average employees | — | 136 | 130 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking the above into consideration, the Directors believe that there are no material uncertainties to the Company's ability to operate as a going concern and to continue realising its assets and discharging its liabilities in the normal course of business”
Subsidiaries
- Casepak Limited · 100% held · dormant
Significant events
- “In July 2024 there was a fire at the MRF, damaging equipment and causing a period of inactivity, during this period materials had to be diverted to other facilities for sortation. The operational team successfully undertook a rebuild of the plant, with the site reopened in December and continues to trade well into 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Paul Anthony | Director | 2021-12-21 | Aug 1968 | British |
| CULLEN, Georgina | Director | 2009-10-22 | Jan 1980 | British |
| SMITH, Mark | Director | — | Aug 1963 | British |
| VINCENT, Philip James | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| WAKELEY, Guy Richard | Director | 2023-02-21 | May 1970 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, John Terrence | Secretary | 2021-12-21 | 2025-05-01 |
| WOOLLEY, Maxine | Secretary | — | 2021-12-21 |
| CORSER, Corinne | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2021-12-21 |
| HEDSTROM, Tomas Bertil | Director | 1995-02-23 | 1998-03-17 |
| RANGER, Gordon John | Director | — | 1992-02-01 |
| REEVES, Paul William James | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| SMITH, George Albert Edward | Director | — | 2013-04-15 |
| SMITH, Martin | Director | — | 2021-12-21 |
| SMITH, Stephen John | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2013-02-14 |
| STEVENS, Kenneth | Director | 1993-10-06 | 2013-01-31 |
| STEVENSON, Michael Thomas | Director | 1992-02-12 | 1995-02-23 |
| SULLIVAN, John Terence | Director | 2021-12-21 | 2025-05-01 |
| WOOLLEY, Maxine | Director | — | 2021-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gae Smith Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-30 | Active |
| Oceala Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-30 |
| Mr Martin Smith | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-26 |
| Ms Maxine Woolley | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-26 |
| Ms Corinne Corser | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-26 |
| Mr Mark Smith | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-12 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-02-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2022-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2022-11-01 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2022-08-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-01-10 | SH10 | capital | capital variation of rights attached to shares |
| 2022-01-10 | SH08 | capital | capital name of class of shares |
| 2022-01-10 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2022-01-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2021-11-30
9.64
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.323 × 6.56 = +2.12
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.195 × 6.72 = +1.31
- Book equity / Total liabilities 5.911 × 1.05 = +6.21
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory