GEORGE ABRAHAMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-22 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£499K
-45.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+11.3% vs 2023
Employees
22
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+97.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GEORGE ABRAHAMS LIMITED 1990-07-06 → present
- BASICSTART LIMITED 1990-05-08 → 1990-07-06
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-06-30 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £30,686,375 | £32,528,112 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£676,030 | £1,189,211 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £558,197 | £1,102,150 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £206,447 | £1,089,139 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £912,048 | £499,007 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £10,002,780 | £10,579,063 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £9,237,994 | £10,282,090 | |
| Equity | £11,384,011 | £5,007,946 | £4,559,617 | £5,423,730 | £9,236,724 | £9,237,994 | £10,282,090 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,150,235 | £1,365,023 |
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 | 2018-06-30 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -2.2% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -6.8% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.32x | 3.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -1.68x | 6.03x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- GEORGE ABRAHAMS LIMITED · parent
- GA Europe B.V 100%
- Market Provisions (Smithfield) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Michael | Secretary | 1998-07-01 | — | British |
| ABRAHAMS, George Christopher | Director | — | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAMS, George | Secretary | — | 1992-09-28 |
| BAKER, George Thomas | Secretary | 1992-09-28 | 1998-07-01 |
| JACKSON, Paul Francis | Director | — | 1992-07-03 |
| LEGG, Brian | Director | — | 2017-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Christopher Abrahams | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-08-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6%
£30,686,375 £32,528,112
-
Cash
-45.3%
£912,048 £499,007
-
Net assets
+11.3%
£9,237,994 £10,282,090
-
Employees
0%
22 22
-
Operating profit
+275.9%
-£676,030 £1,189,211
-
Profit before tax
+97.4%
£558,197 £1,102,150
-
Wages
+18.7%
£1,150,235 £1,365,023
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