ALUN GRIFFITHS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. ALUN GRIFFITHS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
2. SPECKPOUND LIMITED 1980-04-23 → 1981-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The company would face significant liquidity issues in the event that there are significant delays in the completion of individually high value loss-making contracts... As stated in Note 2, these events or conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “On 8 May 2025, the issued share capital of Purple Alpha Limited, the Company's immediate parent, was acquired by Grosmont Ventures Limited which became the Company's ultimate parent from that date.”
• “On 6 May 2025, the Company entered into a deed of waiver with its indirect parent company, CRH (UK) Limited, to have cash pool loans waived of £162.9 million.”
• “As part of the transaction, CRH undertook to provide unconditional contributions to support the Company's balance sheet.”
• “The strategic review of the business also resulted in a significant rationalisation activity during 2025, which coincided with the sale of the Company.”
• “On 8 May 2025 Tarmac Trading Limited made available to the company an interest free balance sheet support facility.”
• “Management has recognised additional onerous contract provisions in relation to forecast losses to the value of £16.7 million across 4 specific contracts in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -25.7%

  £262,733,000 → £195,181,000

• Cash

  -95.8%

  £8,300,000 → £351,000

• Net assets

  -28.2%

  -£173,291,000 → -£222,186,000

• Employees

  -6.2%

  779 → 731

• Operating profit

  +53.2%

  -£91,375,000 → -£42,730,000

• Profit before tax

  +48.5%

  -£95,027,000 → -£48,931,000

• Wages

  -3.4%

  £39,193,000 → £37,857,000

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