FREEMANS GRATTAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-02-28
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-02-28.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FREEMANS GRATTAN HOLDINGS LIMITED 2008-11-06 → present
- OTTO VERSAND (UK) LIMITED 1999-07-22 → 2008-11-06
- EXCEPTSCOPE SERVICES LIMITED 1999-06-02 → 1999-07-22
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company's forecasts show that it, alongside its subsidiaries Freemans plc and Grattan plc, is able to operate within the levels of their existing facilities and therefore have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the 12 months from the signing of the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- FREEMANS GRATTAN HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Freemans Plc 100%
- Grattan Plc 100%
- Benton Grup S.A.* 50%
- Bon Prix Limited* 100%
- Grattan (Leicester) Limited* 100%
- Grattan Logistics Limited* 100%
- Kaleidoscope Limited * 100%
- Look Again Limited* 100%
- Witt (UK) Limited* 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company issued 29.5m ordinary £1 shares to its parent company to facilitate funding in its subsidiary undertakings.”
- “On 7 March 2024 Freemans Grattan Holdings Limited allotted 10,400,000 ordinary shares for a total consideration of £10.4m from its parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Ben | Secretary | 2024-05-09 | — | — |
| COOK, Steven Owen | Director | 2021-10-01 | Mar 1963 | Canadian |
| HORNBY, Richard John | Director | 2020-10-28 | Jun 1973 | British |
| STEER, Ann | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, James Daniel | Secretary | 2020-07-07 | 2024-05-09 |
| LORD, Andrew James | Secretary | 2010-02-15 | 2020-07-07 |
| AQUIS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-01-24 | 2010-02-15 |
| SIMMLAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-06-10 | 2000-01-24 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-06-02 | 1999-06-10 |
| ACKERMANN, Marcus, Dr. | Director | 2019-11-22 | 2020-02-07 |
| BUCHER RODRIGUEZ, Sergio | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2026-02-28 |
| CRUSEMANN, Michael Edmund | Director | 1999-06-10 | 2005-10-01 |
| DERI, Robert George | Director | 1999-08-18 | 2000-03-13 |
| EBINGER, Andrea Sibylle | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2014-07-01 |
| FUCHSHOFEN, Markus | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| GELSDORF, Peter | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| HANCOX, Michael John | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| HAVEKOST, Kai | Director | 2023-09-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| HAWKER, Michael Leslie | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2005-09-07 |
| HELLER, Michael, Dr | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, John | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| HOMANN, Timm, Dr | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| KROHN, Peter Axel, Mr. | Director | 2019-11-22 | 2023-09-13 |
| MOORE, Neill Lewis Mcdonald | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2020-06-11 |
| NIJHOF, Paul Wilhelmus | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| OPELT, Marc Erich Bernd Wolfgang, Mr. | Director | 2019-11-22 | 2020-01-01 |
| OPELT, Marc Erich Bernd Wolfgang | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2019-06-18 |
| PERCIVAL, Ian Campbell | Director | 1999-08-18 | 2000-12-22 |
| RIETZ, Gert | Director | 1999-06-10 | 2005-02-28 |
| SCHRADER, Hans-Otto | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| SCHULTE LAGGENBECK, Jurgen | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2011-05-09 |
| TULLENERS, Jakob Jacobus Koert | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| WEST, Christopher | Director | 2000-03-24 | 2008-12-05 |
| ZIMMERMANN, Winfried Christian Reinhold, Dr | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2012-12-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-06-02 | 1999-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one