GODIVA BEARINGS (SOUTHERN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+116.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+18.9% vs 2024
Employees
46
-4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-1.8% vs 2024
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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,617,080 | £14,724,624 | |
| Operating profit | £2,053,273 | £2,006,226 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,150,391 | £2,112,326 | |
| Net profit | £1,612,821 | £1,584,244 | |
| Cash | £1,819,885 | £3,937,626 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,402,583 | £9,986,827 | |
| Net assets | £8,402,583 | £9,986,827 | |
| Equity | £8,402,583 | £9,986,827 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 46 | |
| Wages | £1,694,526 | £1,737,838 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.4% | 20.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.9% | 47.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.09x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is profitable in the year and has net assets and a positive cash position at the year end. At the time of signing these accounts, the director considers that future expected trade indicates that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. On that basis, the director has prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The company has gone through some big changes in the way it operates digitally and there are further enhancements on the horizon to the way we offer our products.”
- “The company has engaged with several stakeholders to be able to offer EDI ordering/invoicing to all parties.”
- “We are also actively starting to roll out our Godiva-Connect offering which will bring us closer still to our customers and provide a more environmentally-friendly impact on current business.”
- “We are continually looking to further broaden our stock portfolio by introducing additional associated products.”
- “The onerous lease and dilapidations provisions relate to one property lease which was exited on 31 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMLETT, Thomas William | Director | 2011-01-12 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAIN, Trevor John | Secretary | 2002-01-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| CUTHILL, Paul | Secretary | — | 2002-01-21 |
| BRAIN, Trevor John | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| BURD, Michael | Director | 1996-04-30 | 1999-03-31 |
| CUTHILL, Ian Douglas | Director | — | 2004-05-20 |
| CUTHILL, Paul | Director | — | 2023-03-31 |
| ECCLESTON, Raymond | Director | 2004-05-20 | 2012-05-21 |
| HARROW, David Norman | Director | 1996-09-06 | 2012-05-21 |
| SEWELL, Peter Leonard | Director | 1996-04-30 | 1999-03-31 |
| WALKER, Michael | Director | 1991-10-02 | 1993-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp Macbeth Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-24 | Active |
| Godiva Bearings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-10-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-5.7%
£15,617,080 £14,724,624
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Cash
+116.4%
£1,819,885 £3,937,626
-
Net assets
+18.9%
£8,402,583 £9,986,827
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Employees
-4.2%
48 46
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Operating profit
-2.3%
£2,053,273 £2,006,226
-
Profit before tax
-1.8%
£2,150,391 £2,112,326
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Wages
+2.6%
£1,694,526 £1,737,838
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