GRIST ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£29K
+24% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+7.7% vs 2024
Employees
217
+9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£651K
-35.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GRIST ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED 2016-03-03 → present
- WILTSHIRE WASTE (RECYCLING) LIMITED 1993-10-25 → 2016-03-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,180,919 | £28,170,122 | |
| Operating profit | £1,152,913 | £855,106 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,008,109 | £651,029 | |
| Net profit | £754,084 | £490,507 | |
| Cash | £23,275 | £28,872 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,811,618 | £10,825,884 | |
| Net assets | £6,360,086 | £6,850,593 | |
| Equity | £6,360,086 | £6,850,593 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 217 | |
| Wages | £6,210,922 | £7,449,416 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.8% | 60.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 7.50x | 4.19x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have considered and modelled the potential impact of economic challenges on the company operations and are satisfied that the company can continue to operate with sufficient cash and meet all of its financial commitments. ...Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors expect the acquisitions made post year end to contribute significantly to future profitability.”
- “Post year end the company used a combination of cash and debt to purchase business trade and business assets totalling £1,030,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIST, Adam Nigel Edgar | Director | 2009-04-27 | Sep 1987 | British |
| GRIST, James Robert | Director | 2017-05-01 | Apr 1989 | British |
| GRIST, Marcus David | Director | 2017-05-01 | Feb 1991 | British |
| GRIST, Nicole Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-01 | Jun 1995 | British |
| GRIST, Nigel Edgar | Director | 1993-10-25 | May 1956 | British |
| GRIST, Simon | Director | 2019-04-15 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MORTIMER, Paul | Director | 2017-05-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIST, Diana Mary | Secretary | 1993-10-25 | 2017-03-13 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-25 | 1993-10-25 |
| GRIST, James Robert | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2013-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grist Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+11.9%
£25,180,919 £28,170,122
-
Cash
+24%
£23,275 £28,872
-
Net assets
+7.7%
£6,360,086 £6,850,593
-
Employees
+9%
199 217
-
Operating profit
-25.8%
£1,152,913 £855,106
-
Profit before tax
-35.4%
£1,008,109 £651,029
-
Wages
+19.9%
£6,210,922 £7,449,416
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