GAP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-35% vs 2024
Net assets
£213M
+9.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
2,104
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40M
-8.5% 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.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GAP HOLDINGS LIMITED 1995-08-11 → present
- MARITIME SHELF (EIGHTY) LIMITED 1993-03-08 → 1995-08-11
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £196,900,000 | £240,200,000 | £278,700,000 | £302,700,000 | £326,701,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £56,746,000 | £53,714,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,600,000 | £36,100,000 | £43,800,000 | £43,944,000 | £40,210,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £32,893,000 | £29,533,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £4,340,000 | £2,820,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £383,219,000 | £392,131,000 | |
| Net assets | £133,100,000 | £146,200,000 | £172,200,000 | £194,186,000 | £212,733,000 | |
| Equity | £133,100,000 | £146,200,000 | £172,200,000 | £194,186,000 | £212,733,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 2,063 | 2,104 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £67,299,000 | £73,085,000 |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 18.7% | 16.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 10.9% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 14.8% | 13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 59.8% | 58.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.73x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 4.41x | 3.98x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Economic uncertainty has caused a slowing down within the construction sector and this is likely to be a factor throughout the coming year. We are however very well placed and our diverse product range, multi-sector business model, well invested hire fleet and strong balance sheet allow us to meet these challenges head on and deal with them much more effectively than the majority of our competitors”
Group structure
- GAP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- GAP Group Limited 100%
- GAP Group Properties Limited 100%
- GAP Group Leasing Limited 100%
- Ace Hire and Sales Limited 100%
- GAP Hire Limited (Dormant) 100%
- Gordon Anderson Plant Limited (Dormant) 100%
- 4 Group Limited 100%
- GAP Hire Solutions Limited (Dormant) 100%
- 4 Hire (Guernsey) Limited 100%
- Bavanar Limited 100%
- Mobile Healthcare Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Throughout 2024 and 2025, GAP has continued to innovate using digital technology to improve the environmental, health, safety and security knowledge and performance of its products, technologies and services to avoid harm to its customers, people and the environment”
- “On the 22 June 2024, Mobile Health Systems (UK) Limited officially changed its name to Mobile Healthcare Solutions Limited by way of a special resolution passed by the members”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TELFER, Andrew Crawford | Secretary | 2026-04-24 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Iain Martin | Director | 1993-03-29 | Dec 1958 | British |
| ANDERSON, Mark Douglas | Director | 2017-01-09 | Nov 1983 | British |
| TELFER, Andrew Crawford | Director | 2024-10-03 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARR, Christopher Alick George | Secretary | 2016-11-02 | 2026-04-24 |
| STEWART, Andrew Murray | Secretary | 1993-03-29 | 2016-11-02 |
| ANDERSON, Douglas Gordon | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2026-01-08 |
| ANDERSON, Gordon Douglas | Director | 1993-03-29 | 1996-04-15 |
| ANDERSON, Joyce Mary | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2009-03-31 |
| HAMILTON, Dawn | Nominee Director | 1993-03-08 | 1993-03-29 |
| KUENSSBERG, Nicholas Christopher Dwelly, Professor | Director | 1996-12-20 | 2005-12-31 |
| MCEWAN, Kevin | Director | 2017-07-05 | 2021-04-01 |
| O'NEIL, Daniel | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2020-04-19 |
| PARR, Chris Alick George | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2026-04-24 |
| STEWART, Andrew Murray | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2016-12-15 |
| WILLIAMSON, Martin David | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2018-01-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iain Martin Anderson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-07 | Ceased 2026-04-03 |
| Mr Douglas Gordon Anderson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-30 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+7.9%
£302,700,000 £326,701,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
-35%
£4,340,000 £2,820,000
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£194,186,000 £212,733,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+2%
2,063 2,104
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Operating profit
-5.3%
£56,746,000 £53,714,000
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Profit before tax
-8.5%
£43,944,000 £40,210,000
-
Wages
+8.6%
£67,299,000 £73,085,000
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