GUYSON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+66.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£10M
+6.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
92
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£883K
-11% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GUYSON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1985-05-20 → present
- GUYSON GROUP LIMITED 1981-03-09 → 1985-05-20
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-06-01 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,641,338 | £9,701,449 | £12,338,966 | £13,409,794 | |
| Operating profit | — | £687,629 | £243,562 | £942,935 | £809,544 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £689,142 | £241,336 | £991,092 | £882,545 | |
| Net profit | — | £582,534 | £89,137 | £825,203 | £896,346 | |
| Cash | — | £2,251,414 | £2,911,422 | £2,522,884 | £4,193,778 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,272,246 | £9,016,735 | £10,530,772 | £10,703,256 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,656,340 | £8,325,724 | £9,722,344 | £10,367,690 | |
| Equity | £8,565,899 | £8,656,340 | £8,325,724 | £9,722,344 | £10,367,690 | |
| Average employees | — | 114 | 93 | 91 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | £3,995,288 | £3,250,194 | £3,989,270 | £4,156,669 |
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 | 2019-06-01 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.9% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.0% | 0.9% | 6.7% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.4% | 2.7% | 9.0% | 7.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.91x | 2.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | 93.38x | 46.05x | 262.07x | — |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and that there are no material uncertainties that lead to significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- GUYSON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- The Guyson Corporation of USA 100%
- Guyson SA 100%
- Guyson SDN BHD 100%
- Kerry Ultrasonics Limited 100%
- Squarerose Limited 100%
- Lodfield Limited 100%
- Guyson Limited 100%
- Euroblast Limited 100%
- Kaptech Hose Limited 100%
- Valeport (Services) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end on 31 October 2025, Guyson (Holdings) Limited was acquired and the ultimate parent undertaking is now Guyson Group LTD. The ultimate controlling party of Guyson Group LTD are the Trustees of James Farquhar Thomson Trust, by virture of their majority shareholding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Andrew Farquhar | Director | 2022-02-15 | Apr 1992 | British |
| THOMSON, James Farquhar | Director | 2022-02-15 | Apr 1989 | English |
| THOMSON, James Robert Farquhar | Director | — | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Timothy David Farquhar | Secretary | — | 2011-09-08 |
| THOMSON, Timothy David Farquhar | Director | — | 2011-09-08 |
| WEST, John Philip | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2017-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Robert Farquhar Thomson | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Jane Thomson | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Guyson (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-08 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2021-04-08 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole cease and release with charge number | |
| 2021-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+8.7%
£12,338,966 £13,409,794
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+66.2%
£2,522,884 £4,193,778
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£9,722,344 £10,367,690
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+1.1%
91 92
-
Operating profit
-14.1%
£942,935 £809,544
-
Profit before tax
-11%
£991,092 £882,545
-
Wages
+4.2%
£3,989,270 £4,156,669
highest in 4 filed years
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