GARDLINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£134K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£48M
+75.5% vs 2023
Employees
425
+5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£57M
-2.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GARDLINE LIMITED 2017-12-01 → present
- GARDLINE GEOSURVEY LIMITED 2002-11-13 → 2017-12-01
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 | £174,444,751 | £173,133,949 | |
| Operating profit | £58,187,090 | £56,692,015 | |
| Profit before tax | £58,797,872 | £57,093,197 | |
| Net profit | £55,554,561 | £50,728,955 | |
| Cash | — | £134,028 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,454,342 | £48,207,006 | |
| Net assets | £27,454,342 | £48,183,297 | |
| Equity | £27,454,342 | £48,183,297 | |
| Average employees | 404 | 425 | |
| Wages | £17,898,885 | £19,372,887 |
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 | 33.4% | 32.7% | |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 29.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 211.9% | 117.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 5624.66x | 744.87x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GARDLINE LIMITED · parent
- Gardline Marine Services (Egypt) SAE 9%
- Gardline Geosurvey (Norway) Limited 4%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWARD, Richard Stanley | Director | 2018-10-31 | Jun 1974 | British |
| VERMEIJDEN, Christiaan Arie | Director | 2019-01-07 | Mar 1973 | Dutch |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEYWOOD, Stephen Dene | Secretary | 2002-11-13 | 2014-06-27 |
| MASON BILLIG, Kay Frances | Secretary | 2014-06-27 | 2016-07-26 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-11-13 | 2002-11-13 |
| BAYFIELD, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| DARLING, Gregory Stuart | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2003-03-06 |
| DARLING, Thomas George | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2006-08-15 |
| EGGINK, Gerben Marius | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2019-01-07 |
| GAMES, Kenneth Paul | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| STANLEY, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2018-03-01 |
| VAN ZWIETEN, Peter | Director | 2018-01-22 | 2018-07-31 |
| WOOLTORTON, Mervyn Raymond | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2018-02-01 |
| GARDLINE SHIPPING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-07-31 | 2025-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardline Marine Sciences Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-16 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-06-16 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-06-16 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-12-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-0.8%
£174,444,751 £173,133,949
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+75.5%
£27,454,342 £48,183,297
-
Employees
+5.2%
404 425
-
Operating profit
-2.6%
£58,187,090 £56,692,015
-
Profit before tax
-2.9%
£58,797,872 £57,093,197
-
Wages
+8.2%
£17,898,885 £19,372,887
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