GJB DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£102k
-36.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
-3.9% vs 2024
Employees
137
+4.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£656k
-48.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,701,982 | £17,879,521 | £19,849,002 | £19,915,081 | £21,475,026 | +7.8% | |
| Operating profit | £840,034 | £865,159 | £1,098,535 | £1,400,227 | £819,185 | -41.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £767,860 | £744,929 | £943,790 | £1,283,648 | £655,797 | -48.9% | |
| Net profit | £648,696 | £645,685 | £727,623 | £956,561 | £484,780 | -49.3% | |
| Cash | £44,301 | £41,892 | £28,024 | £161,604 | £102,268 | -36.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,029,266 | £3,697,625 | £4,381,385 | £5,229,621 | £5,022,598 | -4% | |
| Net assets | £2,786,935 | £3,432,620 | £4,160,243 | £5,116,804 | £4,914,707 | -3.9% | |
| Equity | £2,786,935 | £3,432,620 | £4,160,243 | £5,116,804 | £4,914,707 | -3.9% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 131 | 130 | 131 | 137 | +4.6% | |
| Wages | £3,442,683 | £3,595,520 | £3,923,886 | £3,817,080 | £4,312,712 | +13% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £105,224 | £112,057 | £120,306 | £117,459 | £118,800 | +1.1% |
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 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 7.0% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 23.4% | 25.1% | 26.8% | 16.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.72x | 1.78x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 11.64x | 7.20x | 7.10x | 12.01x | 5.01x |
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
- GJB DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2017-04-24 → present
- GJB DEVELOPMENTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1990-04-02 → 2017-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2024 the company acquired part of the discontinued trade counter business from its fellow group subsidiary Space Age Building Products Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDINER, Stephen James Furse | Director | 2020-09-10 | Aug 1960 | British |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Sean Dominic | Director | 2021-06-11 | Oct 1963 | British |
| SHARPE, Caroline | Director | 2018-03-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| WALLER, Robert | Director | 2019-12-04 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRISTOW, Gary John | Secretary | — | 2017-07-12 |
| BLACKMAN, Kenneth Alan | Director | — | 2017-07-12 |
| BRISTOW, Gary John | Director | — | 2020-02-11 |
| FROST, Roy Anthony | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2025-02-27 |
| ROTHWELL, Alan | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2019-12-04 |
| SMITH, Gavin Mark | Director | — | 1997-02-28 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Michael | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2020-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gjb Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.