G.A.E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-30 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£108K

-32.3% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£28M

+2.5% vs 2023

Employees

132

-2.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£4M

+1,749.9% first positive since 2023

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Industrials median

G.A.E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-11-30	2020-11-30	2021-11-30	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£24,761,493	£35,001,488	£30,657,829	£28,595,575
Operating profit	—	£4,315,088	£7,668,075	-£265,553	£3,796,330
Profit before tax	—	£4,293,493	£7,661,926	-£234,094	£3,862,304
Net profit	—	£3,728,882	£6,229,550	-£28,440	£2,673,251
Cash	—	£5,181,354	£12,339,368	£158,830	£107,539
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£28,422,839	£34,824,403	£28,758,701	£30,463,500
Net assets	—	£27,336,165	£33,565,715	£27,127,380	£27,800,631
Equity	£23,607,283	£27,336,165	£33,565,715	£27,127,380	£27,800,631
Average employees	—	136	130	135	132
Wages	—	—	—	£4,436,274	£4,890,852

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	2019-11-30	2020-11-30	2021-11-30	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	17.4%	21.9%	-0.9%	13.3%
Net margin	—	15.1%	17.8%	-0.1%	9.3%
Return on capital employed	—	15.2%	22.0%	-0.9%	12.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	22.6%	27.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	2.07x	1.66x
Interest cover	—	126.26x	926.88x	-28.54x	98.48x

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: 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”

Group structure

G.A.E. SMITH (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
1. Casepak Limited 100% · 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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	PDF
2025-12-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-11-18	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-11-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-11-01	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2022-08-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
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

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 2

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

Turnover

-6.7%

£30,657,829 £28,595,575
Cash

-32.3%

£158,830 £107,539

lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+2.5%

£27,127,380 £27,800,631
Employees

-2.2%

135 132
Operating profit

+1,529.6%

-£265,553 £3,796,330

first positive since 2023
Profit before tax

+1,749.9%

-£234,094 £3,862,304

first positive since 2023
Wages

+10.2%

£4,436,274 £4,890,852

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

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