GRISTWOOD AND TOMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-06 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£275K
-95.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+24.7% vs 2024
Employees
143
-4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+1.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GRISTWOOD AND TOMS LIMITED 2005-12-21 → present
- GRISTWOOD & TOMS (TREE CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 1992-01-31 → 2005-12-21
- ACORNTREND LIMITED 1991-11-22 → 1992-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,133,000 | £19,651,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,450,000 | £2,692,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,644,000 | £2,694,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,931,000 | £1,972,000 | |
| Cash | £5,798,000 | £275,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,513,000 | £10,752,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,025,000 | £10,005,000 | |
| Equity | £8,025,000 | £10,005,000 | |
| Average employees | 150 | 143 | |
| Wages | £5,431,000 | £5,314,000 |
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 | 12.8% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.8% | 25.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 3.77x | |
| Interest cover | 122.50x | 76.91x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- “On 31 May 2024, Nurture Landscapes Holdings Limited ("NLHL") acquired the Company as part of its acquisition of Shenley Holdings Limited, and the company became part of the Nurture group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHOGAITA, Rajesh Prabhashanker | Director | 2026-02-06 | Sep 1962 | British |
| FANE, Peter John | Director | 2024-06-06 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMS, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 1992-01-13 | 2024-05-31 |
| MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-11-22 | 1992-01-13 |
| GRISTWOOD, David Charles | Director | 1992-01-13 | 2024-05-31 |
| KIRKWOOD, Gareth Robert | Director | 2024-05-31 | 2026-01-16 |
| RATCLIFFE, Daniel Peter | Director | 2024-05-31 | 2026-02-06 |
| TOMS, Andrew Philip | Director | 1992-01-13 | 2024-05-31 |
| MBC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-11-22 | 1992-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-21 | Active |
| Mr David Charles Gristwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-21 |
| Mr Andrew Philip Toms | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-08-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2024-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2024-09-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company | |
| 2024-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | 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
- 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
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£19,133,000 £19,651,000
-
Cash
-95.3%
£5,798,000 £275,000
-
Net assets
+24.7%
£8,025,000 £10,005,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
150 143
-
Operating profit
+9.9%
£2,450,000 £2,692,000
-
Profit before tax
+1.9%
£2,644,000 £2,694,000
-
Wages
-2.2%
£5,431,000 £5,314,000
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