THE SPORTSMAN GUN CENTRE LIMITED
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Cash
£6.2M
+7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+12.5% vs 2024
Employees
57
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.5M
+18.8% 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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,402,000 | £23,710,000 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,890,000 | £3,269,000 | +13.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,942,000 | £3,494,000 | +18.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,170,000 | £2,605,000 | +20% | |
| Cash | £5,746,000 | £6,172,000 | +7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,221,000 | £22,752,000 | +12.5% | |
| Net assets | £20,058,000 | £22,558,000 | +12.5% | |
| Equity | £20,058,000 | £22,558,000 | +12.5% | |
| Average employees | 59 | 57 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £1,905,000 | £2,104,000 | +10.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £186,000 | £204,000 | +9.7% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 11.23x | 8.26x | |
| Interest cover | 51.61x | — |
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
- THE SPORTSMAN GUN CENTRE LIMITED 2013-02-19 → present
- SPORTSMAN GUN CENTRE LIMITED 2010-02-16 → 2013-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The auditors found no matters to report regarding the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting or the disclosure of material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue for at least twelve months from the authorisation date of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The impact in gun licensing arrangements where delays of up to 2 years have been commonplace have still had an impact on the businesses turnover.”
- “The net profit after tax of £2.6 million (2024 £2.2 million) has increased due to a combination of organic growth through new distribution channels, brand development and enhanced customer offerings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTRAN, John Bevill Trevelyan | Secretary | 2010-02-16 | — | — |
| CATTRAN, John Bevill Trevelyan | Director | 2011-07-12 | Jan 1966 | British |
| LAMBURN, Gary Mark | Director | 2010-02-16 | May 1970 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sportsman Gun Centre Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-24 | Active |
| Mr Gary Mark Lamburn | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.