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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

  1. GROUNDWATER LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED 2004-07-12 → present
  2. KINCARDINE PROPERTIES LIMITED 1998-05-14 → 2004-07-12
  3. KATIVAN LIMITED 1998-03-31 → 1998-05-14

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric Trend 2024-07-312025-07-31
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 6866
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 2024-07-312025-07-31
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 1.17x1.22x
Interest cover 2.35x2.40x

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

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 PDF
2026-04-28 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2026-04-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-04-22 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2026-03-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2022-04-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-03-11 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2021-03-11 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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