Gilks (Nantwich) Limited
Registered name: GILKS (NANTWICH) LIMITED
Part of The Ethikos Group Ltd groupGilks (Nantwich) Limited made £10.8m revenue and £203k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Gilks (Nantwich) Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £203k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent company of Gilks (Nantwich) Limited is Gilks (Electrical Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The Ethikos Group Limited, a company incorporated in Engla”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £15.4m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £12.6m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £346k | £363k | £299k |
| Profit before tax | £317k | £337k | £271k |
| Profit after tax | £255k | £252k | £203k |
| Profit (best available) | £255k | £252k | £203k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 75 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 18.2% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £205k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £3.4k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.4% | ▼30.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £284k | £1m | £766k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £361k | £494k | £410k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £5.3m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.4m | £823k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £554k | £88.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £766k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼84%
- Now £88.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £410k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Ethikos Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Gilks (Electrical Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Gilks (Nantwich) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £203k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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