GEORGE COX & SONS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-06-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-21 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+34.8% highest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£870K

-45.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

117

+17% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+66.6% highest in 3 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

GEORGE COX & SONS LIMITED 1993-02-19 → present
WEIGHTREAL LIMITED 1993-01-04 → 1993-02-19

Net assets

8-year trend · vs Industrials median

GEORGE COX & SONS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2023-10-01	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—	£25,598,686	£34,753,001
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	£1,306,658	£2,213,024
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£1,400,529	—	£1,335,623	£2,224,657
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£1,088,336	—	£1,061,050	£1,620,214
Cash	—	—	—	—	£1,299,877	£1,299,877	£2,426,148	£3,271,594
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	—	£1,634,917	£930,054
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£1,515,842	—	£1,599,892	£870,106
Equity	£737,707	£791,916	—	—	£1,515,842	£1,515,842	£1,599,892	£870,106
Average employees	—	—	—	—	75	—	100	117
Wages	—	—	—	—	£2,590,769	—	£3,807,256	£4,914,278

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	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2023-10-01	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.1%	6.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.1%	4.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	—	79.9%	237.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.24x	1.10x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	83.85x	433.42x

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: Barlow Andrews 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

“2025 saw another successful year's trading, with a further significant rise in turnover with an increase of 35.8% on the previous year. This means that over the past three years the company has seen an overall growth 214%.”
“The company saw the start of a roll-out of major projects from previously secured and newly awarded long term framework clients. These schemes provide long-term visibility of work streams and confidence in planned investment programmes, on the strength of which the company opened a further two offices in the North West of England.”
“The company continued to develop its in house training and development programme, with a record number of apprentices successfully completing their course. The company has increased the percentage of its workforce that are on apprenticeship or recognised training programmes to 14% (2024: 12%).”
“The Company continued to exceed client agreed Social and Economic Value targets undertaking a wide range of social, educational and community projects. It won several Industry awards and commendations for its work within the year.”

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

People

5 active · 11 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BOOTHBY, Robert Daniel	Director	2025-03-27	Jun 1982	English
COX, Christopher Francis	Director	1993-01-15	Oct 1962	English
EDWARDS, Matthew Andrew	Director	2018-10-01	Nov 1972	English
HOLROYD, Mark James	Director	2018-01-30	Sep 1965	English
WALSH, John Patrick	Director	1998-11-01	Mar 1964	British

Show 11 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
COX, Martyn Andrew	Secretary	2003-04-03	2017-12-29
GREENWOOD, Robin Harry	Secretary	1993-01-15	2003-04-03
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1993-01-04	1993-01-05
ABSALOM, Geoffrey	Director	1993-08-26	2017-12-29
COX, Martyn Andrew	Director	1993-08-26	2017-12-29
DALE, Robert	Director	1993-08-26	1997-03-20
GREENWOOD, Robin Harry	Director	1993-01-15	2003-04-03
JARNOT, Yanek	Director	2010-06-17	2014-10-31
MORRISROE, Paul	Director	2008-01-01	2017-12-29
RAMSDEN, Daniel	Director	1993-01-15	1997-03-20
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1993-01-04	1993-01-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
George Cox Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2018-07-12	Active
Mr Christopher Francis Cox	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2017-07-25	Ceased 2018-07-12

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 123 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-01-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-01-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-02-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-01-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2020-08-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-06-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2018-10-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2018-07-18	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30

Turnover

+35.8%

£25,598,686 £34,753,001
Cash

+34.8%

£2,426,148 £3,271,594

highest in 4 filed years
Net assets

-45.6%

£1,599,892 £870,106

lowest in 3 filed years
Employees

+17%

100 117

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+69.4%

£1,306,658 £2,213,024
Profit before tax

+66.6%

£1,335,623 £2,224,657

highest in 3 filed years
Wages

+29.1%

£3,807,256 £4,914,278

highest in 3 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

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