GATWICK AIRPORT STORAGE AND HYDRANT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-59.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-32.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
+39.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GATWICK AIRPORT STORAGE AND HYDRANT COMPANY LIMITED 1994-03-01 → present
- TOWCROWN LIMITED 1994-01-06 → 1994-03-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,928,000 | £21,402,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,919,000 | £10,634,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,677,000 | £10,686,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,868,000 | £8,013,000 | |
| Cash | £13,677,000 | £5,502,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,861,000 | £17,787,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,302,000 | £12,315,000 | |
| Equity | £18,302,000 | £12,315,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.2% | 49.7% | |
| Net margin | 32.7% | 37.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.2% | 59.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.0% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.11x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | 17.48x | 30.04x |
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
- Mercer & Hole 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 5 June 2025, the directors declared an interim dividend of £2,160.47 per ordinary share, amounting to £1,728,374, in total. This dividend was paid on 15 July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 93 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX STRATUM LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| AYETAN, Oluyemisi Funmilola | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| GAJOS, Karolina | Director | 2020-05-21 | Apr 1981 | Polish |
| GREGSON, Robert James Errol, Mr. | Director | 2025-11-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MAZENOD, Philippe Jean Franck | Director | 2025-10-15 | May 1965 | French |
| RINGROSE, Martin Charles | Director | 2025-09-11 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WORKMAN, Mark James | Director | 2015-07-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 93 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Charles James | Secretary | 1998-11-30 | 2000-05-22 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Secretary | 1994-02-05 | 1994-05-26 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Secretary | — | 1998-11-30 |
| BROADWAY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-16 | 2025-01-01 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-06 | 1994-01-31 |
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-05-22 | 2021-06-16 |
| ASTON, Christopher David | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| BANKS, Christopher Richard | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1995-10-01 |
| BRIGGS, Michael Dominic | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| BROUARD, Fabrice | Director | 1996-11-22 | 1998-03-02 |
| BROWN, Paul Frederick | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1998-08-18 |
| BUXTON, John Peter | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2013-01-23 |
| CHUBB, Andrew Steven | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2007-03-01 |
| COLLINS, Timothy | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2007-07-01 |
| CONSTABLE, Michael | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2009-05-11 |
| COOPER, John Hardy | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2001-02-01 |
| CROWE, Richard Alan | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2011-07-31 |
| DANIELS, Jonathan Marc | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2012-05-03 |
| DE RENZY-MARTIN, Philippe | Director | 1994-02-05 | 1995-11-01 |
| DUBENSKI, Paul Jerzy | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2009-04-15 |
| DUBENSKI, Paul Jerzy | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| DUMBLETON, Neil | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2020-05-20 |
| DURAND BALOT, Jean-Francois | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2002-09-03 |
| DURAND BALOT, Jean-Francois | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1998-01-01 |
| EASTON, Alan Murray | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-01-04 |
| FAGE, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2005-04-06 |
| FINCH, Robert William | Director | 2005-04-06 | 2006-04-07 |
| GARNIER, Jean Francois | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-10-15 |
| GINSBURGER, Agnes | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2025-11-01 |
| GIRAUD, Jean Francois | Director | 1996-05-16 | 1997-09-01 |
| GONZALEZ, Lucila Eugenia | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1995-01-06 |
| HAMMOND, Jonathan Guy | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2003-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Howard James | Director | 1996-09-26 | 1999-10-01 |
| HARRIS, Howard James | Director | 1994-10-18 | 1996-09-25 |
| HARRIS, Scott Alexander | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2000-10-10 |
| HARRISON, Ian Courtenay, Dr | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-11-06 |
| HAUFF, David Mark | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| HAWKINGS, Alice Victoria | Director | 2025-04-24 | 2025-09-11 |
| HAYWARD, Mark Stephen | Director | 2024-08-15 | 2025-07-07 |
| HAYWARD, Mark Stephen | Director | 2020-10-07 | 2023-04-24 |
| HENDERSON, Mary Marshall | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-07 |
| HENDERSON, Mary Marshall | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2013-10-01 |
| HERRING, Anthony Francis | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1996-05-15 |
| HESLOP, Stanley William | Director | 2000-01-17 | 2002-05-09 |
| HOGAN, Francis Christopher | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2013-08-01 |
| HOUGHTON, Richard Wyndham | Director | 1996-09-26 | 1998-04-22 |
| HOWLEY, Patrick | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2023-09-01 |
| HUCK, Philippe Christian, Director | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| IBRAHIM, Amir Saadeddin | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2012-04-01 |
| JAMES, Maria | Director | 2025-07-07 | 2026-01-01 |
| JONES, David Rees | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1996-10-31 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2009-11-18 | 2012-04-01 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2009-11-18 |
| JORDAN, Peter Frank | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2002-07-01 |
| KIRK, Michael John | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2010-02-22 |
| KNAPP, Paul Richard | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2002-03-22 |
| KNAPP, Paul Richard | Director | 1996-07-12 | 1996-07-13 |
| LIVINGSTON, Richard Edward Bramley | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2023-01-01 |
| MASSEY, Kenneth Richard | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1996-09-25 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2016-11-08 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 1999-07-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1998-04-15 |
| MILLS, Anthony William James | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2012-04-01 |
| MILLS, Brian Edward | Director | 1994-08-16 | 1996-11-22 |
| MITTELMAN, Stanislas | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2007-03-01 |
| MOREAU, Nicolas Pierre Rene Marie | Director | 1998-01-02 | 1999-08-31 |
| NAISH, Sam Oliver | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| NASH, Michael James | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2012-08-01 |
| NICHOLS, Graham | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1997-07-28 |
| O'KELLY, Michael Kevin | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2005-05-01 |
| PETERS, Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-10-07 |
| PULLINGER, David William, Dr | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2010-05-13 |
| REAY, David William | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2000-02-01 |
| RINGROSE, Martin Charles | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-04-24 |
| ROBERTS, Nicholas Elis Vaughan | Director | 2023-04-24 | 2024-08-15 |
| ROBSON, Andrew | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| ROUQUIE, Mathieu | Director | 1999-08-31 | 2002-09-03 |
| SCANLAN, Richard John | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| SPURLING, Simon | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2003-03-24 |
| SQUITIERI, Riccardo | Director | 2012-11-14 | 2013-01-23 |
| STACEY, Calum James | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2021-09-06 |
| STIQUEL, Philippe | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2006-02-07 |
| STOKES, Darran Bradley | Director | 2012-05-03 | 2015-11-10 |
| STOREY, Duncan Alastair | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-11-14 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Charles Francis | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2020-12-07 |
| VANDERHOOK, Andrew Michael | Director | 1998-04-15 | 1999-09-30 |
| VOWELL, Paul William | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2019-01-01 |
| WARD, Colin John | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2002-01-07 |
| WATKINS, Neil Richard | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Director | 1994-05-25 | 1995-01-06 |
| WELCH, Francis David | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1994-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Esso Petroleum Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 319 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+19.4%
£17,928,000 £21,402,000
-
Cash
-59.8%
£13,677,000 £5,502,000
-
Net assets
-32.7%
£18,302,000 £12,315,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+34.3%
£7,919,000 £10,634,000
-
Profit before tax
+39.2%
£7,677,000 £10,686,000
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