Gantrail International Limited
Registered name: GANTRAIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Gantrail International Limited made £5.4m revenue and £653k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gantrail International Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £653k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.3m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £854k | £786k | — |
| Profit before tax | £856k | £786k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £670k | £750k | £653k |
| Profit (best available) | £670k | £750k | £653k |
| Staff costs | £938k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 23 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.7% | 15% | 12.2% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 50.5% | 51.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £252k | £217k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | £31.9k | £32.6k | £31.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▼13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▼8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £580k | £832k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £858k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £961k | £795k |
| Debtors | £614k | £674k | £480k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £795k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Gantry Railing LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £304k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £653k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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