GROUND CONTROL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-12
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-36.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£87M
+17.7% vs 2024
Employees
1,011
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
-4.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-12.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GROUND CONTROL LIMITED 1989-11-02 → present
- GROUND CONTROL (GROUNDS & GARDENS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED 1984-02-27 → 1989-11-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £184,250,388 | £190,700,458 | |
| Operating profit | £16,424,158 | £15,155,260 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,293,372 | £14,588,981 | |
| Net profit | £14,003,348 | £13,110,649 | |
| Cash | £6,928,716 | £4,398,061 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £79,934,427 | £91,428,617 | |
| Net assets | £74,229,044 | £87,339,693 | |
| Equity | £74,229,044 | £87,339,693 | |
| Average employees | 1,095 | 1,011 | |
| Wages | £36,483,293 | £36,320,758 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.3% | 40.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | 14.44x | 26.13x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “In October. the Group completed a refinancing, with our existing lenders, on more competitive terms, reflecting the financial strength of the group. These facilities mature in 2029.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOTE, Jonathan | Secretary | 2004-04-23 | — | British |
| BLAKEY, Lisa | Director | 2025-03-24 | May 1971 | British |
| COOTE, Jonathan | Director | 2004-04-23 | Jan 1952 | British |
| KNIGHTS, Jason | Director | 2021-03-27 | Oct 1975 | British |
| MORRISH, Simon Hobart Charles | Director | 2004-04-23 | Oct 1974 | British |
| NILSSON, Martin Karl | Director | 2025-09-16 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SYMES, Dereka Anne | Director | 2008-06-16 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARROD, Glynis Marilyn | Secretary | — | 2004-04-23 |
| BAWTREE, Christopher Hugo David | Director | 2002-02-15 | 2015-09-10 |
| GOLDING, Darren Mark | Director | 2002-02-15 | 2006-03-01 |
| HADDOW, Thomas William | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2002-02-22 |
| HARROD, Glynis Marilyn | Director | — | 2004-04-23 |
| HARROD, Stephen John | Director | — | 2008-07-28 |
| SPINK, Andrew Michael | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2013-12-02 |
| TREHERN, Philip Edward | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2019-01-23 |
| WATSON, Marcus John, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2025-08-01 |
| WEPENER, Freddie | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2025-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggy Stardust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-06-28 | Active |
| Ground Control Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+3.5%
£184,250,388 £190,700,458
-
Cash
-36.5%
£6,928,716 £4,398,061
-
Net assets
+17.7%
£74,229,044 £87,339,693
-
Employees
-7.7%
1,095 1,011
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£16,424,158 £15,155,260
-
Profit before tax
-4.6%
£15,293,372 £14,588,981
-
Wages
-0.4%
£36,483,293 £36,320,758
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