LIBERTY GAS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
632
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LIBERTY GAS GROUP LIMITED 2009-08-03 → present
- APOLLO HEATING LIMITED 2001-06-27 → 2009-08-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,380,000 | £39,577,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,271,000 | -£3,004,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,728,000 | -£3,812,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,558,000 | -£2,218,000 | |
| Cash | £2,971,000 | £1,800,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,513,000 | £2,100,000 | |
| Net assets | -£7,147,000 | -£6,272,000 | |
| Equity | -£7,147,000 | -£6,272,000 | |
| Average employees | 689 | 632 | |
| Wages | £25,066,000 | £17,555,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.6% | -7.6% | |
| Net margin | -4.1% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -64.6% | -143.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | -4.97x | -3.72x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the forecast future performance of the Liberty Group and have prepared a cash flow forecast for 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors consider that the Liberty Group has sufficient cash reserves to continue trading. The directors have received a letter of support from Liberty Group Investments Limited confirming that, as at the date of signing the accounts, it is their intent that it will continue to provide sufficient operational and financial support to the company, to the extent that it is required to enable the company to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LIBERTY GAS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- City West Works Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2024, Liberty Gas Group Limited became part of the Wates Group. The Liberty Group was acquired by Wates Property Services (Holdings) Limited, a subsidiary of Wates Group Limited, on 1 October 2024.”
- “As part of the acquisition, the existing RCF payable to NatWest Bank Plc was formally extinguished.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DESANGES, Ben Christopher | Director | 2025-02-03 | Apr 1980 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| MORGAN, David Keir Ewart | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SYMEONIDES, Christopher John | Director | 2025-02-03 | Jul 1964 | British |
| THREADER, Paul Simon | Director | 2024-10-01 | May 1975 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Philip Michael | Director | 2024-10-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON-CONNOLLY, Gemma | Secretary | 2024-02-15 | 2024-10-01 |
| HARDYSMITH, Catherine | Secretary | 2021-08-27 | 2023-01-11 |
| HINDLEY, Simon | Secretary | 2023-03-23 | 2024-02-15 |
| JOHNSTONE, Lee | Secretary | 2010-04-20 | 2010-05-28 |
| JOHNSTONE, Lee | Secretary | 2006-11-17 | 2009-09-14 |
| MACLEAN, Steven John | Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2006-11-17 |
| MCGOVERN, David | Secretary | 2017-07-11 | 2021-08-27 |
| MORTON, Julia Alison | Secretary | 2009-09-14 | 2010-05-27 |
| PARKIN, Michael George | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | 2017-07-11 |
| SHANKS, Peter | Secretary | 2023-01-11 | 2023-03-23 |
| NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2001-06-27 |
| AVIS, Christine Susan | Nominee Director | 2001-06-27 | 2001-06-27 |
| BLUNDELL, Ian | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2017-01-13 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Paul James | Director | 2022-05-20 | 2022-06-08 |
| BYRNE, Alan Michael | Director | 2011-03-11 | 2018-01-22 |
| CATCHPOLE, Andrew Phillip | Director | 2010-04-20 | 2010-05-28 |
| CHAMBERS, Carl James | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2007-03-05 |
| CORBISHLEY, Derek James | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| DOYLE, Timothy Charles | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| FRANCES, Debbie | Director | 2022-05-20 | 2024-10-01 |
| HOLMES, Martin David | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2016-07-01 |
| INGRAM, Dave | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2017-01-13 |
| JONES, Ray | Director | 2022-06-08 | 2024-10-01 |
| JOYCE, Martin John | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2024-10-01 |
| KELLY, Martin | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2009-08-13 |
| KENNEDY, Paul Alan | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2021-09-10 |
| LEWIS, Gerard Mark | Director | 2007-09-17 | 2008-07-08 |
| LIGHTOWLERS, Oliver James | Director | 2010-05-27 | 2010-05-28 |
| MACLEAN, Kenneth John | Director | 2001-06-27 | 2006-11-17 |
| MACLEAN, Shaun Michael David | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2016-07-01 |
| MACLEAN, Shaun Michael David | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2009-03-31 |
| MCKUNE, Colette | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| PARKIN, Michael George | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2021-09-10 |
| PREW, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2022-05-20 | 2024-10-01 |
| RIGBY, William Simon | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2010-02-08 |
| SPENCER, Bernard William | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2022-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Group Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-13 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-03-31