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Gilbert-Ash Limited

Private Limited Company · Belfast

ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1947Private Limited Company
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Financial position

Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts

Net assets
£29,256,599
Cash
£44,322,574
Turnover
£195,582,884
Profit / loss
£5,242,786
Current assets
£83,689,894
Creditors < 1 year
£56,771,307
Equity
£29,256,599
Average employees
178

Balance-sheet trend

GBP · company

Financial statements

Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.

2 periods

Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts

Reported figures2025-12-31Company · AI-read2024-12-31Company · AI-read
Balance sheet
Net assets£29,256,599£29,963,813
Equity£29,256,599£29,963,813
Share capital£407,700£407,700
Retained earnings£28,228,407£28,935,621
Assets
Fixed assets£2,651,840£2,992,516
Property, plant & equipment£2,651,840£2,992,516
Current assets£83,689,894£84,252,760
Cash at bank£44,322,574£42,667,345
Debtors£39,367,320£41,585,415
Liabilities
Creditors within one year£56,771,307£56,899,957
Provisions£313,828£381,506
Capital commitments£0£0
Net current assets£26,918,587£27,352,803
Assets less current liabilities£29,570,427£30,345,319
Profit & loss
Turnover£195,582,884£235,661,516
Cost of sales£178,155,264£221,333,878
Gross profit£17,427,620£14,327,638
Administrative expenses£11,163,796£11,424,478
Other operating income£134,769£882,877
Operating profit£6,398,593£3,786,037
Interest receivable£978,681£843,032
Interest payable£7,484£17,468
Profit before tax£7,369,790£4,611,601
Tax£2,127,004£1,088,791
Profit / loss£5,242,786£3,522,810
Operating costs
Depreciation£340,676£573,536
Audit fees£50,300£48,825
Government grants£134,769£882,877
People & pay
Average employees178187
Staff costs£14,155,742£14,238,789
Wages & salaries£11,488,310£11,563,313
Social security costs£1,575,890£1,373,120
Pension costs£1,091,542£1,302,356
Directors' remuneration£1,695,242£1,754,450
Highest paid director£467,449£434,818
Source evidenceView filing View filing

From the accounts

What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.

Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
Audit opinion
Clean (unmodified)
Immediate parent
Ards Holdings Limited
Ultimate parent
Gilbert-Ash Holdings Limited
Ultimate controlling party
the trustees of GA Employee Ownership Trust
Accounts
FRS 102
Approved
2026-06-30, signed by R Hutchinson
Share classes (1)
  • 407,700 ordinary of £1 each
Contingent liabilities (2)
  • Performance bonds have been entered into in the normal course of business. The directors consider that there will be no liability in respect of these bonds.
  • The company has entered into a cross guarantee on facilities taken out by group undertakings. In the opinion of the directors there is no indication that the company will suffer any loss.

Secured borrowing

Registered charges, lenders and security interests.

Charges and related records

17 outstanding charges
Property · created 1984-11-19
£0
Outstanding
Property · created 1984-11-19
£0
Outstanding
Unknown · created 1984-11-19
All monies
Outstanding
Property · created 1984-11-19
All monies
Outstanding
Unknown · created 1983-02-16
All monies
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Unknown · created 1983-02-16
£0
Outstanding
Unknown · created 1982-02-18
All monies
Outstanding
Unknown · created 1980-05-30
All monies
Outstanding
Floating · created 1980-03-24
£0
Outstanding
All Assets · created 1980-03-24
All monies
Outstanding
Floating · created 1976-05-07
£0
Outstanding
Unknown · created 1976-05-07
All monies
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Unknown · created 1976-05-07
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Floating · created 1976-05-07
£0
Outstanding
Floating · created 1975-06-11
£0
Outstanding
Property · created 1951-08-09
£1,410 DUE OR TO BECOME DUE FROM THE COM PANY TO THE CHARGEE
Outstanding
All Assets · created 1951-03-24
All monies
Outstanding
Show 6 satisfied / released
Property · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-11
£0
Satisfied
Property · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-11
£0
Satisfied
Property · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-13
All monies
Satisfied
Unknown · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-13
All monies
Satisfied
Property · created 1982-02-18 · satisfied 2022-12-20
£0
Satisfied
Property · created 1980-05-30 · satisfied 2022-12-19
£0
Satisfied