PEOPLES LIMITED
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Cash
£7.5M
-64.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
-13.9% vs 2024
Employees
358
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
-76.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £283,449,874 | £277,649,817 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,090,464 | £772,004 | -81.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,604,884 | £1,085,364 | -76.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,256,219 | £681,980 | -79.1% | |
| Cash | £20,897,592 | £7,456,257 | -64.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,521,160 | £40,587,722 | -12.8% | |
| Net assets | £45,527,615 | £39,221,612 | -13.9% | |
| Equity | £45,527,615 | £39,221,612 | -13.9% | |
| Average employees | 354 | 358 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £13,600,342 | £13,565,782 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £610,020 | £614,367 | +0.7% |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.9% | 73.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.22x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the group's cash flow forecasts, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance given current market and economic conditions, show that the group will be able to operate within its current facilities and comply with its banking covenants.”
Group structure
- PEOPLES LIMITED · parent
- Peoples Ecosse Limited 100%
- Peoples Liverpool Limited 100%
- Total Vehicle Solutions Limited 100%
- Peoples Bathgate & Livingston Limited 100%
- Liverpool Daily Centre Limited 100%
- Peoples Detroit Limited 100%
- Peoples Falkirk Limited 100%
- Peoples Glasgow Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A lot of time was taken up following court decisions relating to commission disclosure culminating in a recent Supreme Court judgement.”
- “During the year the company redeemed the 7,000,000 fourth preference shares at the amount subscribed when issued of £1 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell | Secretary | 1993-12-09 | — | British |
| GILDA, Brian Paton | Director | — | Apr 1949 | British |
| RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell | Director | 1991-11-18 | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas | Secretary | — | 1993-12-09 |
| JONES, Trevor Alexander | Director | 1988-12-01 | 1998-07-24 |
| KNOWLES, James Strachan Douglas | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brian Paton Gilda | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2017-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.