GHL LIFTRUCKS LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+43.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.4m
-4.9% vs 2024
Employees
169
+31% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£612k
-64.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £21,929,000 | £22,200,000 | £25,987,000 | +17.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,513,000 | £1,922,000 | -£2,480,000 | -229% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,040,000 | £1,743,000 | £612,000 | -64.9% | |
| Net profit | £943,000 | £1,329,000 | £434,000 | -67.3% | |
| Cash | £588,000 | £722,000 | £1,036,000 | +43.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,012,000 | £11,005,000 | £11,982,000 | +8.9% | |
| Net assets | £8,175,000 | £8,804,000 | £8,372,000 | -4.9% | |
| Equity | £8,175,000 | £8,804,000 | £8,372,000 | -4.9% | |
| Average employees | 122 | 129 | 169 | +31% | |
| Wages | £4,871,000 | £4,873,000 | £5,385,000 | +10.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 6.9% | 8.7% | -9.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 6.0% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 17.5% | -20.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.4% | 64.0% | 70.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.47x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | 2.46x | 2.77x | -2.45x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GHL LIFTRUCKS LIMITED 1994-12-12 → present
- GRANT HANDLING LIMITED 1978-07-18 → 1994-12-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GHL LIFTRUCKS LIMITED · parent
- A.L.T (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Angus Lift Trucks Limited 100%
- Ability Handling Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025, all the trade and assets of Angus Lift Trucks Limited were hived up at their book value.”
- “On 31 August 2025, all the trade and assets of Ability Handling Limited were hived up at their book value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROLLITS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-23 | — | — |
| MORRIS, Jocelyn | Director | 2024-11-04 | Jul 1976 | British |
| SHAKESPEARE, Steven John | Director | 2023-01-31 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Robin | Secretary | 2019-03-29 | 2023-03-23 |
| LACEY, Anthony John | Secretary | 1996-11-26 | 2010-06-01 |
| SHELDON, Mark | Secretary | 2010-07-14 | 2019-03-29 |
| SHELDON, Mark | Secretary | 1996-01-18 | 1996-11-26 |
| WEIR, James | Secretary | — | 1996-01-18 |
| ALGER, Dennis Charles | Director | — | 2019-03-29 |
| BHADAL, Sandeep Singh | Director | 2023-07-03 | 2024-04-22 |
| DE CURIERES DE CASTELNAU, Benjamin Stèphane Denis Marie | Director | 2024-04-22 | 2025-06-09 |
| FRASER, Angus Simon James | Director | 1995-02-08 | 1996-10-18 |
| GARDINER-HILL, Richard Temple | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| GREGORY, Stephen Robert | Director | — | 1994-12-15 |
| HARRIS, Robin Andrew | Director | 2021-12-13 | 2023-03-23 |
| HARRIS, Robin Andrew | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2021-06-15 |
| KENDREW, Terence | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2023-09-29 |
| KIMBER, Robert | Director | 1994-12-15 | 1996-10-18 |
| LACEY, Anthony John | Director | — | 2004-05-27 |
| LARCOMBE, Edward John | Director | 1997-01-23 | 2007-12-31 |
| LAW, Stanley | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2019-03-29 |
| PARKER, Peter, Sir | Director | 1993-06-28 | 1995-02-08 |
| SHELDON, Mark | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2019-03-29 |
| WILMOT, Geoffrey Tristan Descarriers | Director | 1996-01-18 | 1996-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aprolis Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-02 | Active |
| Impact Fork Trucks Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-29 | Ceased 2021-02-01 |
| Ghl Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-06-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
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