GROUNDHOG (U.K) LIMITED
Company number 02726554 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Groundhog (UK) Limited is a financially robust market leader in the welfare unit manufacturing and hire sector, with 2024 revenue of £16.4 million and a commanding 39.3% gross margin driven by operational efficiency and product quality. The company’s strategic priorities—geographic expansion into overseas markets, product diversification, and strengthening its hire-rental model—offer clear pathways to sustained growth, while its strong equity base provides firepower for organic and acquisitive moves. The sharp cash reduction to £0.29 million is a near-term watchpoint that requires disciplined working capital management to support the investment cycle without risking liquidity.
Shareholders' funds
£19,336,495
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the manufacture and retail of secure containers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-06-26
- Employees
- 127 (2025 accounts · was 99 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ynysgerwn Avenue, Aberddulais, Neath, South Wales, SA10 8HH
- Postcode
- SA10 8HH
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-29
- Next due by
- 2027-07-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Officers 7 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GROUNDHOG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA242324 (Tier 1), registered since 2017.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- groundhog.co.uk
- Phone
- 01639 641 166
Groundhog are the leading supplier of mobile welfare units & static welfare units, mobile toilets and portable accommodation for hire-rental companies and site contractors.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FRESH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | 1998-03-25 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 6 VIKING WAY, WINCH WEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SWANSEA, SOUTH WALES SA1 7DA | 2001-08-29 |
| UNIT 6 VIKING WAY, WINCH WEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SWANSEA, SOUTH WALES SA1 7DA | 2001-08-29 |
| CENTURY WORKS PENIEL GREEN, LLANSAMLET, SWANSEA, SA7 9BZ | 1998-06-24 |
| CENTURY WORKS PENIEL GREEN, LLANSAMLET, SWANSEA, SA7 9BZ | 1998-06-24 |
| 25 NEW ROAD, SKEWEN, NEATH, W GLAM SA10 6UT | 1994-03-29 |
| 25 NEW ROAD, SKEWEN, NEATH, W GLAM SA10 6UT | 1994-03-29 |
| 14-15 ALBION CHAMBERS, CAMBRIAN PLACE, SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN SA1 1SZ | 1992-07-28 |
| 14-15 ALBION CHAMBERS, CAMBRIAN PLACE, SWANSEA, WEST GLAMORGAN SA1 1SZ | 1992-07-28 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 48 similar companies in SA
2nd largest employer among its local peers (127 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1992.
No.1 of the largest manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures companies in Swansea →
Competitors Swansea
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Swansea.
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.