GARADOR LIMITED
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Cash
£11m
+23.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£27m
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
125
-0.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1m
-21.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £27,084,160 | £25,048,152 | £26,065,179 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,352,422 | £2,089,385 | £1,562,374 | -25.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,718,319 | £2,692,401 | £2,116,763 | -21.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,315,155 | £2,031,609 | £1,626,609 | -19.9% | |
| Cash | £21,575,972 | £9,335,531 | £11,495,557 | +23.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,761,799 | £26,863,490 | £28,495,679 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £23,074,385 | £25,105,994 | £26,732,603 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £23,074,385 | £25,105,994 | £26,732,603 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 133 | 126 | 125 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £4,699,314 | £4,661,301 | £4,906,758 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £144,874 | £140,959 | £149,300 | +5.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,172 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% |
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 | 5.0% | 8.3% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 8.1% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 7.8% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.1% | 13.1% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 9.90x | 12.29x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- GARADOR LIMITED 1999-03-11 → present
- CARADON GARADOR LIMITED 1997-11-03 → 1999-03-11
- STELRAD BATHROOM PRODUCTS LIMITED 1993-11-09 → 1997-11-03
- M.B. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-04-13 → 1993-11-09
- ALNERY NO 673 LIMITED 1988-03-01 → 1988-04-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | — | — |
| WATSON, Jon Graham | Director | 2023-01-09 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACON, Alan | Secretary | 2004-07-27 | 2019-04-01 |
| BHOWMIK, Chandan Kanti | Secretary | — | 1995-11-30 |
| BURNINGHAM, Derek | Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 1999-03-01 |
| CROSBIE, Graeme Douglas | Secretary | 2003-04-24 | 2004-07-27 |
| FIELDER, Alison | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2003-04-22 |
| GLASER, Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2001-02-28 |
| CARADON SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-11-30 | 1997-11-03 |
| AYRES, David John | Director | 1997-11-03 | 1998-05-29 |
| BHOWMIK, Chandan Kanti | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| CAMERON, Ewen | Director | — | 1993-12-06 |
| CARTER, Gary Robert | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2000-12-15 |
| CONROY, Vince | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2005-01-27 |
| CROSBIE, Graeme Douglas | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2004-07-27 |
| DISCOMBE, Neil | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2022-09-23 |
| GLASER, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2001-02-28 |
| HANNAM, Emma Rachelle | Director | 2022-09-23 | 2023-01-09 |
| HIPGRAVE, Simon Michael | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2018-07-23 |
| HOLLAND, Anthony Edward | Director | 1994-06-09 | 1995-11-30 |
| HOUGHTON, Richard Alexander | Director | 1997-11-03 | 1999-03-01 |
| MOSS, Andrew John | Director | 1997-11-03 | 1998-09-11 |
| SEDDON, Andrew David | Director | 1998-08-03 | 1999-03-01 |
| STUART, Ian | Director | 1998-05-19 | 1999-03-01 |
| CARADON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1995-11-30 | 1997-11-03 |
| RALLIP HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1995-11-30 | 1997-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garador Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-28 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.