GROUNDWATER LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-13 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+12.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
66
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-2.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GROUNDWATER LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED 2004-07-12 → present
- KINCARDINE PROPERTIES LIMITED 1998-05-14 → 2004-07-12
- KATIVAN LIMITED 1998-03-31 → 1998-05-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,641,813 | £16,321,393 | |
| Operating profit | £1,979,857 | £1,913,088 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,206,192 | £1,170,690 | |
| Net profit | £830,692 | £859,868 | |
| Cash | £1,345,291 | £1,518,925 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,130,069 | £29,475,057 | |
| Net assets | £18,328,000 | £19,087,868 | |
| Equity | £18,328,000 | £19,087,868 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 66 | |
| Wages | £2,679,783 | £2,721,173 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.8% | 46.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 2.35x | 2.40x |
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
- RSM UK Audit 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.”
Significant events
- “The company is very pleased with the performance in the year despite all the challenges it has faced in trading, economic and market conditions, achieving a turnover of £16.3 million compared to £17.6 million in the previous year.”
- “Investment in new staff and training has been a key investment this year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUNDWATER, Barry | Director | 1998-05-06 | May 1973 | British |
| GROUNDWATER, David Ivan | Director | 1998-05-06 | Oct 1946 | British |
| GROUNDWATER, Kathleen | Director | 1998-05-06 | Jun 1950 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK & WALLACE SOLICITORS | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2005-07-01 |
| MACKINNONS | Corporate Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2020-04-21 |
| GORDON, Kenneth Stewart | Director | 1998-03-31 | 1998-05-06 |
| GROUNDWATER, Kevin | Director | 1998-05-06 | 2026-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kathleen Groundwater | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Barry Groundwater | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-01 | Active |
| Mr David Ivan Groundwater | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-7.5%
£17,641,813 £16,321,393
-
Cash
+12.9%
£1,345,291 £1,518,925
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£18,328,000 £19,087,868
-
Employees
-2.9%
68 66
-
Operating profit
-3.4%
£1,979,857 £1,913,088
-
Profit before tax
-2.9%
£1,206,192 £1,170,690
-
Wages
+1.5%
£2,679,783 £2,721,173
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