GRANDECO UK LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-11 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+60.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£2M

0% vs 2023

Employees

+20% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

+13.9% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

GRANDECO UK LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£6,662,255	£7,349,234	£6,893,079	£5,450,076	£7,863,484	£7,988,268
Operating profit	—	£678,853	£1,232,819	£906,480	£746,679	£1,149,696	£1,266,297
Profit before tax	—	£757,821	£1,268,826	£949,700	£756,323	£1,171,464	£1,333,729
Net profit	—	£620,712	—	—	—	£893,915	£999,688
Cash	£1,363,645	£2,809,278	£4,018,713	£684,071	£973,546	£1,377,488	£2,207,897
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£3,896,556	£1,374,341	£2,143,116	£1,245,943	£2,139,858	£2,139,546
Net assets	—	£3,896,556	£1,374,341	£2,143,116	£1,245,943	£2,139,858	£2,139,546
Equity	£3,275,844	£3,896,556	£1,374,341	£2,143,116	£1,245,943	£2,139,858	£2,139,546
Average employees	—	12	12	11	10	10	12
Wages	—	£386,034	—	—	—	—	—

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	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	10.2%	16.8%	13.2%	13.7%	14.6%	15.9%
Net margin	—	9.3%	—	—	—	11.4%	12.5%
Return on capital employed	—	17.4%	89.7%	42.3%	59.9%	53.7%	59.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	31.5%	29.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	3.18x	3.36x
Interest cover	—	—	—	5121.36x	—	817.13x	—

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 §1A
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Abridged: Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor: Menzies LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed

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

People

3 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
VAN DER PLAETSEN, Herman	Secretary	1993-07-28	—	Belgian
MOLEMANS, Patrick Luc D	Director	2014-04-01	Feb 1962	Belgian
VAN DER PLAETSEN, Herman	Director	2020-03-18	Dec 1959	Belgian

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BALCAEN, Filiep	Director	1997-11-01	2004-08-10
DE ROO, Frank	Director	2005-04-04	2013-12-23
GEERAERT, Albert	Director	1993-07-28	2000-07-01
KEPPENS, Alain	Director	2007-06-30	2013-05-17
LOBEL, Geert	Director	2002-01-01	2007-06-30
VAN DE VOORDE, Tom	Director	2013-05-17	2020-03-18
VERGOTE, Jan	Director	2003-02-17	2007-06-30
WARNIER, Wim	Director	1999-06-01	2003-01-15
YSENBAERT, Didier	Director	2002-01-01	2007-06-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Gimv Nv	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-03-19

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 110 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-18	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2025-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-14	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2025-05-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-05	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-09-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-11	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-08-10	RP04AP01	officers	Second filing of director appointment with name	PDF
2023-08-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-07-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-30	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-05-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-08-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-21	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2020-04-21	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+1.6%

£7,863,484 £7,988,268

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+60.3%

£1,377,488 £2,207,897
Net assets

0%

£2,139,858 £2,139,546
Employees

+20%

10 12
Operating profit

+10.1%

£1,149,696 £1,266,297

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+13.9%

£1,171,464 £1,333,729

highest in 6 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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