GENERATION (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-11 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-28.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+82.3% vs 2024
Employees
458
+5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£11M
-57.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- GENERATION (UK) LIMITED 2004-10-06 → present
- MITIE GENERATION LIMITED 2002-08-29 → 2004-10-06
- MITIE ACCESS SYSTEMS LIMITED 2002-07-23 → 2002-08-29
- MITIE GENERATION LIMITED 1997-07-04 → 2002-07-23
- GENERATION BUILDING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1997-07-04
- FULSETGATE LIMITED 1978-03-17 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,974,000 | £138,448,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,789,000 | £15,955,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,007,000 | £11,076,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,235,000 | £7,695,000 | |
| Cash | £18,114,000 | £12,891,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,456,000 | £27,546,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,345,000 | £17,040,000 | |
| Equity | £9,345,000 | £17,040,000 | |
| Average employees | 433 | 458 | |
| Wages | £17,512,000 | £18,587,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 83.8% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | 2.94x | 3.01x |
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
“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
- GENERATION (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Actavo Hire and Sales UK Limited 100%
- Altrad Generation Hire & Sales (Ireland) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Alan | Secretary | 2004-09-30 | — | British |
| CLIFFORD, Mark | Director | 2001-11-02 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WILKINSON, Alan | Director | 2001-06-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE, Kenneth James | Secretary | — | 1993-05-28 |
| GREEN, Barry | Secretary | 1997-01-13 | 1998-12-17 |
| REID, James | Secretary | 1993-05-28 | 1994-04-06 |
| ROBINSON, Paul William | Secretary | 1994-04-06 | 1997-01-21 |
| ROSS, Corina Katherine | Secretary | 2000-05-04 | 2004-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Marshall Owen | Secretary | 1997-01-21 | 2000-05-04 |
| WATERS, Anthony Floyd | Secretary | 1997-01-21 | 2002-03-31 |
| ALTRAD, Mohed, Dr | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2017-01-16 |
| BECK, John Edgar | Director | — | 1994-04-06 |
| BOWKETT, Michael James | Director | 1998-03-20 | 2000-03-22 |
| BUDDEN, Derek Ernest Arthur | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| CHANDLER, Neil Charles | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2001-11-15 |
| CLIFFORD, John Joseph | Director | 1998-01-29 | 2004-03-03 |
| GANNON, Francis | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| GARCIA, Isabelle Marie Andree Montfort Epouse, Madame | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2017-01-16 |
| GLYNN, Harry | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| GREEN, Barry | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| HUETZ, Louis Marie Maurice Roger | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2017-01-16 |
| LANCASTER, Alan William | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| MCALPINE, Hamish | Director | 1994-02-15 | 1996-03-28 |
| MCGREGOR-SMITH, Ruby | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2004-09-30 |
| MEADMORE, Brian | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2010-07-31 |
| NEILSON, Raymond Kennedy | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2017-01-16 |
| NICHOLLS, Karen Jean | Director | 1996-03-28 | 1997-01-21 |
| OLLIVIER, Antoine, Monsieur | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2014-10-31 |
| PERRY, John Ernest | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2000-04-01 |
| REID, James | Director | — | 1997-01-21 |
| ROBINSON, Paul William | Director | 1994-04-06 | 1997-02-21 |
| SKEATS, Alan John Charles | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2001-06-20 |
| SOLER, Laurence Nicole Florence | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2012-07-25 |
| SPENSLEY, Michael | Director | — | 2002-10-08 |
| STEWART, Ian Reginald | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2004-09-30 |
| TELLING, David Malcolm | Director | 1997-01-21 | 2003-10-10 |
| THORNTON, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 1999-08-31 | 1999-10-01 |
| WALTON, Christopher Stephen | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2000-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generation Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£137,974,000 £138,448,000
-
Cash
-28.8%
£18,114,000 £12,891,000
-
Net assets
+82.3%
£9,345,000 £17,040,000
-
Employees
+5.8%
433 458
-
Operating profit
+15.7%
£13,789,000 £15,955,000
-
Profit before tax
-57.4%
£26,007,000 £11,076,000
-
Wages
+6.1%
£17,512,000 £18,587,000
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