GLASSON GRAIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-80.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
-12.5% vs 2024
Employees
67
-5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£441K
-131.2% 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 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £143,556,536 | £148,013,542 | |
| Operating profit | £1,644,493 | -£241,695 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,412,193 | -£440,907 | |
| Net profit | £1,014,531 | -£443,914 | |
| Cash | £16,637,574 | £3,277,155 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,892,237 | £35,489,828 | |
| Net assets | £35,583,028 | £31,130,366 | |
| Equity | £35,583,028 | £31,130,366 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 67 | |
| Wages | £3,687,051 | £3,917,819 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.6% | 34.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.56x | 3.58x | |
| Interest cover | 6.55x | -1.14x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have therefore concluded that they have reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate financial resources to support the operational requirements of the business for the future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The company opened a new operational site in Avonmouth, increasing production and distribution capacity.”
- “Manufacturing and distribution operations were deemed no longer commercially or operationally viable and decommissioning commenced on 21 September 2025.”
- “Gareth Davies and Howell Richards retired as Non-executive Directors on 26 March 2025. David Christensen and Cath Smith were appointed as Independent Non-executive Directors with effect from 1 April 2025.”
- “The Board approved the implementation of Project Genesis including associated restructuring and integration actions, to simplify the operating model, improve efficiency and strengthen the Group's long-term competitive position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Claire Alexander | Secretary | 2025-01-27 | — | — |
| BRAND, Alk | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| INGHAM, Robert James Kenyon | Director | — | Jun 1961 | British |
| THOMAS, Robert John | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jul 1979 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGH, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2006-07-28 | 2019-01-18 |
| LOWE, Dorothy | Secretary | — | 2006-07-28 |
| READ-POTTER, Ryan Lee | Secretary | 2022-04-20 | 2025-01-27 |
| SELLERS, Charlotte Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2019-01-18 | 2021-07-23 |
| BLAKE, Frank George Bennett | Director | 1995-01-05 | 1997-03-12 |
| CARR, Bryan | Director | 1992-09-11 | 1997-03-12 |
| CASSON, Rowland | Director | — | 2012-03-31 |
| CHADWICK, David Jonathan | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Gareth Wynn | Director | 2018-07-30 | 2024-08-23 |
| DUGDALE, Roy | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1997-05-21 |
| GREETHAM, Kenneth Richard | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2018-07-10 |
| GRIFFITHS, Roger George | Director | 2006-08-04 | 2008-05-31 |
| HAYTON, Paul Jefferson | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2026-03-31 |
| JONES, John Melvyn | Director | 2006-08-04 | 2009-09-30 |
| LEIGH, Christopher Paul | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| LOWE, John Malcolm | Director | — | 2006-08-04 |
| MOSS, Edwin | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2001-02-08 |
| ROBERTS, Bryan Paul | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2024-01-02 |
| SAUNDERS, Clive Roland | Director | 1992-09-11 | 1995-01-05 |
| WEBSTER, Graham Gordon | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2007-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynnstay Group P.L.C. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-06-26 | Active |
| Glasson Group (Lancaster) Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2020-09-30 | Ceased 2025-06-26 |
| Mr Christopher Paul Leigh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-08 | Ceased 2020-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
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Turnover
+3.1%
£143,556,536 £148,013,542
-
Cash
-80.3%
£16,637,574 £3,277,155
-
Net assets
-12.5%
£35,583,028 £31,130,366
-
Employees
-5.6%
71 67
-
Operating profit
-114.7%
£1,644,493 -£241,695
-
Profit before tax
-131.2%
£1,412,193 -£440,907
-
Wages
+6.3%
£3,687,051 £3,917,819
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