GRETNA GREEN LTD
Company number SC052082 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Gretna Green Ltd is a well-established, asset-rich tourism and wedding business with net assets of £11.1m and low leverage (liabilities-to-equity of 35%), providing substantial capacity for additional borrowing. The company has returned to profitability with EBITDA of £828k (FY2025) after a loss-making prior year, demonstrating operational recovery, though margins remain modest at 5.5%. The credit proposition is supported by a 50+ year trading history, strong asset backing, and conservative family ownership, making this an APPROVE with standard monitoring on EBITDA margin trajectory and working capital trends.
Shareholders' funds
£11,077,299
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-02
What it does
The company's principal activities remain the provision of retail, hospitality, and tourism services, with a focus on
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-12-28
- Employees
- 249 (2025 accounts · was 241 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Headless Cross, Gretna Green, Gretna, Dumfriesshire, DG16 5EA
- Postcode
- DG16 5EA
- Capital
- 8,148 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-02
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-07
- Next due by
- 2027-07-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Officers 10 current · 11 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Gender pay gap
0.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2018/19
Contact details
- Website
- gretnagreen.com
- Phone
- 01461 336 001, 01461 336001, 01461 337007
Gretna Green - home of weddings and the famous blacksmiths shop. Wedding destination with a 5-star visitor attraction, shopping and hotels.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GRETNA GREEN GROUP LTD. | 2011-07-25 |
| GRETNA MUSEUM AND TOURIST SERVICES LIMITED | 2003-06-12 |
| GRETNA HOUSE TOURIST SERVICES LIMITED | 1985-06-19 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HEADLESS CROSS, GRETNA GRETNA, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DG16 5EA | 1998-04-07 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 21 similar companies in DG
The largest employer among its local peers (249 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1972.
Competitors Dumfries
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale in non-specialised stores in Dumfries.
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.