NORSE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£687K
-89.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
-12.9% vs 2024
Employees
8,349
+9.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
+22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £360,694,000 | £341,961,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,517,000 | -£1,812,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,662,000 | -£4,402,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,823,000 | -£5,225,000 | |
| Cash | £6,809,000 | £687,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,294,000 | £82,380,000 | |
| Net assets | £34,811,000 | £30,337,000 | |
| Equity | £34,811,000 | £30,337,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,638 | 8,349 | |
| Wages | £151,874,000 | £154,919,000 |
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 | -1.0% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.1% | -2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.4% | 81.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | -1.41x | -0.61x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The long-term nature of the Group’s contracts protects the business from significant changes. The medium-term projections to 2030 continue to reflect an improving trading position from 2026 and the directors remain confident that whilst revenues will slightly reduce over the next year due to continuing inflationary pressures on our customers, business improvements will compensate for reduced revenue. Additionally, the Group will pursue further growth opportunities to strengthen revenues beyond the projections”
Group structure
- NORSE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Norse Group Services Limited 100%
- Norse Commercial Services Limited 100%
- Norse Consulting Group Limited 100%
- Norse Care Limited 100%
- Norse Group Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2023-24 figures, computation errors were observed in the overall energy consumption and emissions reported for Norse Group operations. These errors resulted in a 462 MWh (2.4%) overstatement of energy consumption, a 98 tCO2e (2.6%) overstatement in scope 1 combustion of kerosene, LPG and biomass for building usage, and a 29 tCO2e (18.4%) overstatement in scope 3 WTT of combustion of kerosene, LPG and biomass for building usage.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCWILLIAM, Stuart Adam | Secretary | 2020-02-07 | — | — |
| DEARDEN, Craig | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jul 1969 | British |
| GALLIFORD, Justin Frederick Lloyd Charles | Director | 2022-04-26 | Dec 1978 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Brian Gerard | Director | 2019-09-02 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PECK, Gregory Floyd | Director | 2023-09-08 | May 1948 | British |
| PORTER, Gary Andrew, Lord | Director | 2020-05-15 | Sep 1960 | British |
| REPMAN, Zoe | Director | 2022-08-03 | Oct 1969 | British |
| WOOD, Andrew Charles, Dr | Director | 2022-02-28 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Hilary Louise | Secretary | 2018-08-15 | 2019-01-07 |
| MERRICKS, Andrew John | Secretary | 2019-01-07 | 2020-02-07 |
| MERRICKS, Andrew John | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2018-08-15 |
| ADAMS, Paul William | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| BEADLE, David Thomas | Director | 2008-03-14 | 2009-11-19 |
| BRITCH, Michael Lancaster | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| DEARDEN, Craig | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2023-04-18 |
| FROGBROOK, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2022-04-26 |
| GIBSON, Anne Bothwell | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| HARDWICK, Simon John | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2023-04-01 |
| HAWES, Peter Michael | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2016-11-03 |
| HAWES, Peter Michael | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| HOPKINS, Martin Christopher | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2017-01-25 |
| JAMIESON, Andrew David | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2019-07-01 |
| KNIGHT, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-04-06 |
| KNIGHT, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2020-01-31 |
| KNIGHT, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| MACKIE, Ian James | Director | 2016-10-24 | 2017-06-13 |
| MACKIE, Ian James | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2016-09-16 |
| MCCABE, Thomas Richard | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2019-01-09 |
| MCDIARMID, Fiona Jane | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2022-02-28 |
| NORTHAM, James Wyndham | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2006-03-16 |
| PROCTOR, Andrew James | Director | 2019-08-13 | 2023-05-22 |
| WALKER, Colleen Monica | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-05-18 |
| WETTELAND, Dean Thorvald | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2021-11-24 |
| WHITE, David Richard | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Anthony Thomas | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2013-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk County Council | Legal person | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director 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
-
Turnover
-5.2%
£360,694,000 £341,961,000
-
Cash
-89.9%
£6,809,000 £687,000
-
Net assets
-12.9%
£34,811,000 £30,337,000
-
Employees
+9.3%
7,638 8,349
-
Operating profit
+48.5%
-£3,517,000 -£1,812,000
-
Profit before tax
+22.3%
-£5,662,000 -£4,402,000
-
Wages
+2%
£151,874,000 £154,919,000
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