GENTOO HOMES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-02 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-18
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£3M
-130.3% vs 2024
Employees
51
-21.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+28.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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
- GENTOO HOMES LIMITED 2007-06-22 → present
- EMPEROR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED 2003-10-13 → 2007-06-22
- CROSSCO (728) LIMITED 2003-04-18 → 2003-10-13
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 | £32,685,000 | £30,074,000 | |
| Operating profit | £78,000 | £193,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,370,000 | -£1,692,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,370,000 | -£1,692,000 | |
| Cash | £915,000 | £1,007,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,299,000 | -£2,991,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,299,000 | -£2,991,000 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 51 | |
| Wages | £2,730,000 | £2,394,000 |
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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -7.3% | -5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.52x | 2.88x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | 0.10x |
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
- Beever and Struthers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors do not believe there are any material uncertainties which may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. As such they continue to adopt the going concern basis. Further information on going concern is included in note 1.2.”
Significant events
- “Sales demand continues to be a key risk for the Company. While a material decline in demand during 2022 led to slower sales rates and lower net sales values, the financial year ending March 2025 has seen encouraging signs of recovery, broadly aligning with the overall improvement in the national housing market.”
- “Gentoo Homes' loss before tax for the year is £1.7m (2024: £2.4m loss). Turnover fell by 8%, to £30.1m (2024: £32.7m).”
- “During the year, Gentoo Homes completed 107 property sales (2024: 112).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Simon | Secretary | 2017-04-19 | — | — |
| BROOKES, Martin Douglas | Director | 2026-02-27 | May 1966 | British |
| FORBES, Nicholas Iain | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1973 | British |
| JOWETT, Jonathan David | Director | 2025-11-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| LONG, Claire Elaine | Director | 2020-05-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| MILLER, Graeme Ferguson | Director | 2024-06-12 | Aug 1962 | British |
| NAISBY, Dorothy Brenda | Director | 2020-11-25 | Feb 1941 | British |
| POLLARD, Hannah | Director | 2022-10-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SCOTT, James Edward | Director | 2025-11-28 | Jul 1976 | British |
| SHIPLEY, Ian Henry | Director | 2025-11-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Morven Elizabeth | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1963 | British |
| STEFANOU, Nichola Costatia | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBROSE-THURMAN, Alice Hermione Laura | Secretary | 2016-05-20 | 2017-04-19 |
| HOWDEN, Charles Martin | Secretary | 2004-04-15 | 2010-08-31 |
| KELLY, Kevin Joseph | Secretary | 2003-11-20 | 2004-12-16 |
| SHIPLEY, Julie | Secretary | 2016-02-17 | 2016-05-20 |
| SHIPLEY, Julie | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | 2014-05-21 |
| WALKER, Simon | Secretary | 2014-05-21 | 2016-02-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Joanne Cameron | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2013-12-01 |
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-04-18 | 2003-11-20 |
| BERTRAM, Allan | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2012-05-17 |
| BLAKEY, Colin | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2020-01-29 |
| CARTNER, Joseph | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2008-10-28 |
| CORNHILL, John Charles | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2005-07-26 |
| COX, Emily Katherine | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2026-02-26 |
| CRAWFORD, David | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2012-10-25 |
| ELLIS, Kehri Elizabeth | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2022-11-04 |
| ESSL, Michael Peter | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2020-06-10 |
| FELLOWS, Alison Anne | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2025-02-27 |
| GRANT, Ian | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2013-11-08 |
| HARRISON, John | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2020-01-29 |
| HERBERT, Leslie | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2020-11-14 |
| JORDISON, Lynn Venner | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2015-12-14 |
| LANAGHAN, Stephen John | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2016-05-25 |
| LISTER, Andrew | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-09-24 |
| LONG, Carol Margaret | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2024-07-24 |
| LORAINE, Keith | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2022-09-28 |
| MARSH, Phillip Graham Sean | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2020-01-29 |
| MURTAGH, David James | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2024-01-31 |
| NEWPORT, Joan | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2012-05-17 |
| NOBLE, Karen Patricia | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-05-09 |
| PARKIN, Ian Anthony Charles | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2020-01-29 |
| PLATT, Jeffrey Arnold | Director | 2016-03-21 | 2020-01-29 |
| PORTER, Ian | Director | 2012-05-17 | 2016-11-16 |
| PRESTWICH, James | Director | 2022-09-28 | 2023-03-14 |
| RAE, Paula | Director | 2012-10-25 | 2016-02-04 |
| ROUNCE, William Edward | Director | 2008-03-20 | 2010-02-01 |
| SCOTT, Leslie, Councillor | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2007-09-14 |
| SELF, Ian | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2016-02-17 |
| SHARP, Dianne Kathleen | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2022-02-23 |
| SMITH, Patricia | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2024-05-02 |
| SPEARS, Brian | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2020-12-31 |
| THINNESEN, Ellen | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2025-11-27 |
| TOWNSLEY, David | Director | 2012-09-20 | 2016-06-03 |
| TYE, Philip Michael | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2022-06-17 |
| WALLER, Debra | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2021-05-19 |
| WARREN, Claire Louise | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2019-12-11 |
| WATSON, Christopher Charles Harley | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2024-05-31 |
| WHEELAN, George Bruce | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2005-10-14 |
| PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-04-18 | 2003-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8%
£32,685,000 £30,074,000
-
Cash
+10.1%
£915,000 £1,007,000
-
Net assets
-130.3%
-£1,299,000 -£2,991,000
-
Employees
-21.5%
65 51
-
Operating profit
+147.4%
£78,000 £193,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.6%
-£2,370,000 -£1,692,000
-
Wages
-12.3%
£2,730,000 £2,394,000
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