GIBBS CROFT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-51% vs 2023
Net assets
-£15M
+16.3% vs 2023
Employees
158
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-10.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,000,000 | £40,420,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,546,000 | £3,180,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,546,000 | £3,180,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,414,000 | £2,928,000 | |
| Cash | £5,853,000 | £2,868,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£17,831,000 | -£14,808,000 | |
| Net assets | -£17,924,000 | -£14,996,000 | |
| Equity | -£17,924,000 | -£14,996,000 | |
| Average employees | 152 | 158 | |
| Wages | £7,053,000 | £7,675,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.9% | -21.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 143.5% | 134.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 0.67x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GIBBS CROFT LIMITED · parent
- Soreen Limited
Significant events
- “In May 2024 we ran our historic Charity Challenge event in the Lake District with teams of four taking part in a gruelling paddle, trek and bike ride near to Windermere.”
- “On 1 October 2024, there was a change in ownership and the Directors now regard Chetwode Trustees 1 Limited and Chetwode Trustees 2 Limited, the corporate Trustees of a number of Private Trusts, to be the ultimate controlling parties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| SAMWORTH, Mark Charles Chetwode | Director | 2018-04-05 | Oct 1970 | British |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Timothy James | Secretary | 2014-01-08 | 2024-01-02 |
| ARMITAGE, Richard James | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-04-06 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| BARTON, Alan | Director | 2014-01-08 | 2014-08-05 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-05-27 |
| MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2024-06-24 |
| MARRIS, Richard Alexis Robertson | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| TRIPP, Paul Robert | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
-1.4%
£41,000,000 £40,420,000
-
Cash
-51%
£5,853,000 £2,868,000
-
Net assets
+16.3%
-£17,924,000 -£14,996,000
-
Employees
+3.9%
152 158
-
Operating profit
-10.3%
£3,546,000 £3,180,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.3%
£3,546,000 £3,180,000
-
Wages
+8.8%
£7,053,000 £7,675,000
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