GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-01
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£336K
+44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£105M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£449K
-61.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-01.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,207,488 | £2,312,348 | |
| Operating profit | £722,413 | £673,399 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,177,139 | £448,809 | |
| Net profit | £1,177,139 | £448,809 | |
| Cash | £231,991 | £335,826 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,585,600 | £105,908,448 | |
| Net assets | £104,874,208 | £105,323,017 | |
| Equity | £104,874,208 | £105,323,017 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £101,646 | £106,664 |
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 | 32.7% | 29.1% | |
| Net margin | 53.3% | 19.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.7% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.2% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.78x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's forecasts and projections, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY · parent
- Eling Developments Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “World events such as the continued conflict in Ukraine and more recently in the Middle East lead to uncertainty in markets which is proving to have a significant impact on costs of running the business; in particular on costs of materials for construction and maintenance which a significant proportion of the Trust's expenditure. Availability of labour and skilled tradespeople remains a challenge.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, David | Secretary | 2018-06-14 | — | — |
| BROADHURST, Robin Shedden | Director | 2003-08-13 | Jun 1946 | British |
| CROPLEY, Angela | Director | 2018-11-09 | Oct 1952 | British |
| FERGUSON, Christopher Richard Allen | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| GARDINER, James William | Director | 2005-03-14 | Mar 1965 | British |
| HARRISON, Desmond Roger Wingate | Director | 2003-08-13 | Apr 1933 | British |
| MCDIARMID, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2012-07-16 | May 1947 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKNELL, Alastair James | Secretary | 2012-07-16 | 2014-09-09 |
| CROOKES, Edward Miles | Secretary | 2014-09-09 | 2018-06-14 |
| MCDIARMID, Kenneth Robert | Secretary | 2003-08-13 | 2012-07-16 |
| BLANDY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-04-17 | 2003-08-13 |
| ABELL, John Norman | Director | 2003-08-13 | 2004-05-26 |
| CLUTTERBUCK, Jasper Meadows | Director | 2003-08-13 | 2011-03-21 |
| BLANDY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-04-17 | 2003-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-06-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-06-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2018-06-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+4.8%
£2,207,488 £2,312,348
-
Cash
+44.8%
£231,991 £335,826
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£104,874,208 £105,323,017
-
Employees
0%
4 4
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Operating profit
-6.8%
£722,413 £673,399
-
Profit before tax
-61.9%
£1,177,139 £448,809
-
Wages
+4.9%
£101,646 £106,664
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