GN HEARING UK LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-24 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£0

-100% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£9M

-7.8% vs 2023

Employees

+4.1% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

-15% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

GN HEARING UK LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£20,282,815	—	£17,760,360	£23,631,505	£26,107,286	£31,437,093
Operating profit	—	£1,368,781	—	£619,789	£1,040,737	£1,564,725	£1,234,120
Profit before tax	—	£1,360,060	—	£581,442	£1,116,870	£1,641,156	£1,395,291
Net profit	—	£1,190,977	—	£378,908	£857,542	£1,162,528	£1,026,595
Cash	—	£1,924,349	—	£1,034,518	£342,879	£392,864	£0
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£15,878,090	—	£16,990,811	£10,775,908	£11,570,794	£11,599,108
Net assets	—	£12,203,380	—	£12,582,288	£8,140,192	£9,302,720	£8,579,315
Equity	£11,012,403	£12,203,380	£11,760,472	£12,582,288	£8,140,192	£9,302,720	£8,579,315
Average employees	—	42	—	34	49	49	51
Wages	—	£2,262,840	—	£1,865,349	£2,856,499	£2,912,733	£2,890,839

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	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	6.7%	—	3.5%	4.4%	6.0%	3.9%
Net margin	—	5.9%	—	2.1%	3.6%	4.5%	3.3%
Return on capital employed	—	8.6%	—	3.6%	9.7%	13.5%	10.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	38.5%	68.0%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	3.80x	1.27x
Interest cover	—	34.42x	—	10.53x	21.81x	26.08x	8.17x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: James Cowper Kreston Audit
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company's ultimate parent Company, GN Store Nord A/S, has confirmed that it will provide financial support such that the company is able to operate as a going concern and settle its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future but for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

GN HEARING UK LTD · parent
1. GN Audio UK Limited 100% · United Kingdom

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

People

4 active · 21 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WAITHE, Lisa Roxane	Secretary	2016-11-23	—	—
HARDING, Luke Oliver	Director	2026-04-10	Nov 1976	British
JELERT, Søren	Director	2023-06-01	Jan 1972	Danish
WAITHE, Lisa Roxane	Director	2026-04-10	Oct 1980	British

Show 21 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BECKER-VOGT, Stephan Peter	Secretary	1994-12-07	1995-02-10
GIBBONS, Robert Stephen	Secretary	1995-02-10	1998-06-05
SINCLAIR, Euan Peter	Secretary	1999-08-05	2001-08-09
TAYLOR, Dianne	Secretary	1998-06-05	1999-08-05
VAN HUYSSTEEN, Johann	Secretary	2001-11-27	2016-11-23
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1994-10-31	1994-12-07
BECKER-VOGT, Stephan Peter	Director	1996-09-01	1998-12-21
CANTERBURY, Stuart David Edward	Director	2004-06-18	2007-12-31
DAFT, Paul Gilbert, Managing Director	Director	2016-01-29	2026-04-10
DESIMONI, Marcus Enrico	Director	2019-10-10	2020-12-02
FRANKLIN, Harvey Michael	Director	1995-02-10	1996-03-01
GORMSEN, Peter	Director	2020-12-14	2023-05-31
IMHOF, Martin	Director	1994-12-07	1996-09-01
KJAER, Vivi	Director	1999-09-20	2002-01-31
MAILIND, Jesper	Director	1999-09-20	2008-02-29
MELLOR, Peter	Director	1998-06-05	2017-12-31
MURPHY, Jeffrey Joseph	Director	1996-09-01	2000-05-18
NYGREN, David Charles	Director	2010-02-15	2016-01-21
SKADEGARD, Hans Jakob	Director	1996-03-01	1996-09-01
VAN HUYSSTEEN, Johann	Director	2004-06-18	2026-04-10
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1994-10-31	1994-12-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Gn Hearing A/S	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 151 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-13	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2026-04-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-04-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-05-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-19	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2021-07-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary
2021-06-23	PARENT_ACC	accounts	Legacy
2021-06-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-03-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

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

+20.4%

£26,107,286 £31,437,093

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

-100%

£392,864 £0

lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets

-7.8%

£9,302,720 £8,579,315
Employees

+4.1%

49 51

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

-21.1%

£1,564,725 £1,234,120
Profit before tax

-15%

£1,641,156 £1,395,291
Wages

-0.8%

£2,912,733 £2,890,839

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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