Gloverall Public Limited Company
Registered name: GLOVERALL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Gloverall Public Limited Company made £2.7m revenue and a £106k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Gloverall Public Limited Company’s revenue grew 33% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £106k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1951
- Type
- Public 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) | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.1m | £911k | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £147k | −£70.7k | −£295k | −£125k |
| Profit before tax | −£8k | −£232k | −£462k | −£301k |
| Profit after tax | −£8k | −£232k | −£462k | −£106k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8k | −£232k | −£462k | −£106k |
| Staff costs | £434k | £459k | £486k | £502k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | −9.7% | −22.3% | −3.9% |
| Gross margin | 49.7% | 55.1% | 56% | 54.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £221k | £184k | £159k | £274k |
| Profit per employee | −£616 | −£17.8k | −£35.5k | −£10.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.8% | ▼13.2% | ▲32.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼23.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £100k | £101k | £33.3k | £72.2k |
| Net assets | −£1.9m | −£2.1m | −£2.6m | −£2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £45.3k | £34.8k | £18.1k | £33.2k |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Debtors | £316k | £261k | £194k | £508k |
| Deferred income | £68.9k | £95.6k | £73k | £64.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £274k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲117%
- Now £72.2k
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £64.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £33.2k
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 −£106k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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