GRAYS OF CAMBRIDGE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3m
-41% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
-15.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
157
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,965,599 | £34,518,511 | £38,103,742 | +10.4% | |
| Operating profit | £6,664,713 | £3,694,388 | £3,579,424 | -3.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,912,988 | £3,876,489 | £3,694,926 | -4.7% | |
| Net profit | £5,569,126 | £3,104,160 | £2,929,435 | -5.6% | |
| Cash | £8,820,414 | £7,323,994 | £4,319,724 | -41% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,131,587 | £22,832,007 | £24,038,207 | +5.3% | |
| Net assets | £16,443,387 | £16,041,505 | £13,490,474 | -15.9% | |
| Equity | £16,443,387 | £16,041,505 | £13,490,474 | -15.9% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 155 | 157 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £6,700,051 | £6,312,205 | £7,285,930 | +15.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £599,193 | £615,698 | £622,244 | +1.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £165,289 | £200,288 | £204,577 | +2.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 10.7% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 9.0% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.1% | 16.2% | 14.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.2% | 46.1% | 55.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.83x | 4.12x | 4.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | 66.96x | 39.03x |
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
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider it appropriate to continue to use the going concern assumption on the basis that the Company will have sufficient resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- GRAYS OF CAMBRIDGE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
- Grays Sports Limited 100%
- Rugby 1823 SARL 100%
- Hockey 1890 BV 100%
- Gray-Nicolls Limited 100%
- James Gilbert Limited 100%
- Grays of Cambridge Limited 100%
- H J Gray & Sons Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Paul Douglas | Secretary | 2001-10-31 | — | British |
| GRAY, Jason Charles | Director | 2000-12-13 | Apr 1964 | British |
| GRAY, Neil Douglas James | Director | 1994-03-29 | Feb 1960 | British |
| GRAY, Nicholas John | Director | 2004-09-19 | Dec 1957 | British |
| GRAY, Paul Douglas | Director | 1997-10-29 | Feb 1961 | British |
| GRAY, Richard William | Director | 1997-03-04 | Mar 1965 | British |
| NOYES, David Michael | Director | 2018-05-23 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Ronald George | Secretary | — | 2001-10-31 |
| BLAKE, Ronald George | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| GEORGE, Martin Peter | Director | 2013-05-09 | 2018-01-26 |
| GRAVATT, Valerie Ruth | Director | — | 1993-08-04 |
| GRAY, Harold John | Director | — | 2003-10-15 |
| GRAY, Nicholas John | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2000-12-13 |
| GRAY, William | Director | — | 2002-10-23 |
| HOPPER, Paul Edward | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2013-05-16 |
| PURVIS, Neville, Sir | Director | 2001-04-25 | 2007-10-31 |
| SPINK, Kenneth George Edwin | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1997-10-31 |
| WILDMAN, Peter | Director | — | 2001-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard William Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Neil Douglas James Gray | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Nicholas John Gray | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Jason Charles Gray | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Paul Douglas Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-24 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.