Abbey Glen Limited
Registered name: ABBEY GLEN LIMITED
Abbey Glen Limited made £10.7m revenue and £503k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Abbey Glen Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £503k profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 107 yrs · since 1919
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £9.4m | £10.2m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4.8m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £621k | £1.3m | £620k | £815k |
| Profit before tax | £510k | £1.1m | £435k | £679k |
| Profit after tax | £242k | £845k | £320k | £503k |
| Profit (best available) | £242k | £845k | £320k | £503k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4m | £4.6m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 137 | 149 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 9% | 3.1% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 44.2% | 48.5% | 44.7% | 44.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £58k | £68.7k | £68.3k | £69.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £6.2k | £2.1k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | 318.3% | 208.6% | 350.4% | 291.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲8.1% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲249.4% | ▼62.1% | ▲57.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.7% | ▲8.8% | ▲3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £823k | £1m | £680k | £932k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £6m | £6.4m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2m | £8m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £288k | £305k | £274k | £228k |
| Cash from operations | £2m | £2.8m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 291.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲7%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £932k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £228k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £503k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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