G.S. CONTRACTS (JOINERY) LIMITED
Company number 02734245 · Monitor this company
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
G.S. Contracts (Joinery) Limited represents a case study in the structural challenges facing UK construction subcontractors. Despite over three decades of trading history, the company has suffered catastrophic financial deterioration—net assets fell from £758,697 in 2015 to just £173,257 in 2023, while cash reserves collapsed by 82% in a single year. The business was unable to withstand the combined pressures of material cost inflation, labour market tightness, and likely main contractor payment failures that have characterised the post-pandemic construction environment. Its current liquidation status, with an administrator appointed to the board, confirms what the financial trajectory has long indicated: that this mid-tier joinery subcontractor has been unable to maintain competitive viability in an increasingly hostile market for specialist trade contractors.
Shareholders' funds
£31,802
Balance sheet as at 2019-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-07-24
- Registered office
- 15 Horizon Business Village, 1 Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0TJ
- Postcode
- KT13 0TJ
- Capital
- 104 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2023-12-31
- Next due by
- 2025-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2024-02-26
- Next due by
- 2025-03-12 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43320 Joinery installation
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by STEELWOODGROUP LTD — since 2024-02-21
Controlled by G.S. CONTRACTS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2023 (period to 2022-12-31) as part of the MBH CORPORATION PLC group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.gscontracts.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 11, GRANGE WAY BUSINESS PARK, WHITEHALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, COLCHESTER ESSEX CO2 8HF | 1998-01-09 |
| UNIT 3 GRANGE WAY BUSINESS PARK, WHITEHALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX CO2 8HF | 1995-03-14 |
| BLACKBURN HOUSE, 32A CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, ESSEX CO3 3HH | 1994-11-25 |
The class of 1992
49%
of the 21,839 companies incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.