A.C. GOATHAM AND SON LIMITED
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Cash
£432K
+0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+6.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
520
+9.9% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3M
-23.7% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,329,740 | £50,278,815 | £63,000,376 | £69,718,589 | £78,294,802 | +12.3% | |
| Operating profit | £2,410,060 | £1,318,566 | £3,139,734 | £2,868,527 | £2,350,558 | -18.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,901,552 | £539,667 | £1,868,217 | £1,680,218 | £1,282,237 | -23.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,483,178 | £239,977 | £735,667 | £1,054,493 | £1,011,587 | -4.1% | |
| Cash | £1,067,636 | £627,190 | £402,811 | £430,573 | £432,246 | +0.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,034,671 | £37,003,592 | £37,034,691 | £32,114,859 | £43,377,426 | +35.1% | |
| Net assets | £12,799,352 | £13,039,329 | £13,774,996 | £14,829,489 | £15,841,076 | +6.8% | |
| Equity | £12,799,352 | £13,039,329 | £13,774,996 | £14,829,489 | £15,841,076 | +6.8% | |
| Average employees | 269 | 317 | 398 | 473 | 520 | +9.9% | |
| Wages | £8,222,230 | £10,662,907 | £13,508,819 | £16,706,000 | £20,779,658 | +24.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £505,674 | £626,931 | £865,997 | £1,057,397 | £1,225,892 | +15.9% |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 2.6% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 3.6% | 8.5% | 8.9% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 75.9% | 73.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.63x | 0.61x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 4.74x | 1.69x | 2.47x | 2.41x | 2.20x |
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
- A.C. GOATHAM AND SON LIMITED 2015-08-20 → present
- ROY 1005 LIMITED 2015-08-13 → 2015-08-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Spurling Cannon Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARWICK, Steven Graham | Director | 2021-05-18 | Oct 1977 | British |
| BENNETT, Charles Peter | Director | 2017-04-04 | Jul 1951 | British |
| BUKOWSKI, Piotr | Director | 2019-02-13 | Jun 1980 | Polish |
| GOATHAM, Clive Arthur | Director | 2015-08-19 | Jun 1950 | British |
| GOATHAM, Gayle Alison | Director | 2021-05-18 | May 1984 | British |
| GOATHAM, Pauline Linda | Director | 2015-08-19 | May 1949 | British |
| GOATHAM, Ross Manser | Director | 2015-08-19 | Jan 1978 | British |
| GOATHAM, Scott William Arthur | Director | 2015-08-19 | Dec 1985 | British |
| HOLMES, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2017-04-04 | Sep 1975 | British |
| KRAEV, Dobromir Dochev | Director | 2019-05-15 | May 1976 | Bulgarian |
| STEWART, Nigel Ian | Director | 2017-04-04 | Dec 1961 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERARD, Stephen Martin | Director | 2017-04-04 | 2019-11-30 |
| FORD, Carol | Director | 2017-04-04 | 2020-11-02 |
| JINKS, Martin Charles | Director | 2015-08-13 | 2015-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Clive Arthur Goatham (As Trustee) | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Edward Holmes (As Trustee) | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mrs Pauline Linda Goatham (As Trustee) | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Charles Peter Bennett (As Trustee) | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as firm), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Charles Peter Bennett | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-26 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Mr Nicholas Edward Holmes | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-07-26 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Mrs Pauline Linda Goatham | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-26 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Mr Clive Arthur Goatham | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.