Gilbert-Ash Limited
Private Limited Company · Belfast
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1947Private Limited Company
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 · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · 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 employees | 178 | 187 |
| 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 evidence | View 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 chargesProperty · created 1984-11-19
£0
OutstandingProperty · created 1984-11-19
£0
OutstandingUnknown · created 1984-11-19
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OutstandingProperty · created 1984-11-19
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OutstandingUnknown · created 1983-02-16
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OutstandingUnknown · created 1983-02-16
£0
OutstandingUnknown · created 1982-02-18
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OutstandingUnknown · created 1980-05-30
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OutstandingFloating · created 1980-03-24
£0
OutstandingAll Assets · created 1980-03-24
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OutstandingFloating · created 1976-05-07
£0
OutstandingUnknown · created 1976-05-07
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OutstandingUnknown · created 1976-05-07
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OutstandingFloating · created 1976-05-07
£0
OutstandingFloating · created 1975-06-11
£0
OutstandingProperty · created 1951-08-09
£1,410 DUE OR TO BECOME DUE FROM THE COM PANY TO THE CHARGEE
OutstandingAll Assets · created 1951-03-24
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OutstandingShow 6 satisfied / released
Property · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-11
£0
SatisfiedProperty · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-11
£0
SatisfiedProperty · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-13
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 1986-05-27 · satisfied 2000-01-13
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SatisfiedProperty · created 1982-02-18 · satisfied 2022-12-20
£0
SatisfiedProperty · created 1980-05-30 · satisfied 2022-12-19
£0
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