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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

  1. GENERATION (UK) LIMITED 2004-10-06 → present
  2. MITIE GENERATION LIMITED 2002-08-29 → 2004-10-06
  3. MITIE ACCESS SYSTEMS LIMITED 2002-07-23 → 2002-08-29
  4. MITIE GENERATION LIMITED 1997-07-04 → 2002-07-23
  5. GENERATION BUILDING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1997-07-04
  6. FULSETGATE LIMITED 1978-03-17 → 1978-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2024-08-312025-08-31
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 433458
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 2024-08-312025-08-31
Operating margin 10.0%11.5%
Net margin 16.1%5.6%
Return on capital employed 83.8%57.9%
Current ratio 0.50x0.48x
Interest cover 2.94x3.01x

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

  1. GENERATION (UK) LIMITED · parent
    1. Actavo Hire and Sales UK Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Holding and subleasing of property leases
    2. Altrad Generation Hire & Sales (Ireland) Limited 100% · Ireland · Hire and sale of non-mechanical plant

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 PDF
2025-05-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-28 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-28 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-02 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-05-02 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-05-02 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-05-02 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-03-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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