WILLIAM GOUGH & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
43
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-3.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLIAM GOUGH & SONS LIMITED 2001-04-27 → present
- ABILITY BUILDING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-03-29 → 2001-04-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,462,428 | £25,391,159 | |
| Operating profit | £1,410,611 | £1,375,295 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,421,552 | £1,373,631 | |
| Net profit | £1,053,486 | £1,013,868 | |
| Cash | £5,515,131 | £5,459,872 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,258,085 | £3,280,777 | |
| Net assets | £3,184,206 | £3,198,074 | |
| Equity | £3,184,206 | £3,198,074 | |
| Average employees | 43 | 43 | |
| Wages | £2,336,938 | £2,386,425 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.3% | 41.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.6% | 80.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1964.64x | 826.50x |
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
- Lancaster Haskins Limited Statutory Auditor
- 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.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOUGH, Jonathan William Francis | Secretary | 2000-04-20 | — | British |
| GOUGH, Charles John | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1988 | British |
| GOUGH, John | Director | 2000-04-20 | Jun 1949 | British |
| GOUGH, Jonathan William Francis | Director | 2000-04-20 | Nov 1959 | British |
| HICKMAN, Jonathon William Ian | Director | 2021-10-01 | Oct 1989 | British |
| KAVANAGH, David | Director | 2013-01-06 | Jun 1970 | British |
| LEWIS, Andrew Warren | Director | 2021-02-10 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2000-04-20 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 2000-03-29 | 2000-04-20 |
| MITCHELL, Christopher Alexander | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2020-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gough Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-7.5%
£27,462,428 £25,391,159
-
Cash
-1%
£5,515,131 £5,459,872
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£3,184,206 £3,198,074
-
Employees
0%
43 43
-
Operating profit
-2.5%
£1,410,611 £1,375,295
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£1,421,552 £1,373,631
-
Wages
+2.1%
£2,336,938 £2,386,425
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers