Palletower (G.B.) Limited
Registered name: PALLETOWER (G.B.) LIMITED
Part of RW Jupe Limited groupPalletower (G.B.) Limited made £29.2m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Palletower (G.B.) Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Sale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sale, North West
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 is Palletower Group Structural Holdings Limited and the ultimate parent company is R W Jupe Limited.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.1m | £30.1m | £25.4m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £23m | £20.2m | £16.7m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £9.9m | £8.7m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £5.2m | £3.2m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £5.9m | £5.7m | £3.8m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £4.8m | £4.4m | £2.9m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8m | £4.4m | £2.9m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 59 | 55 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 14.7% | 11.4% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 32.9% | 34.3% | 37.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £636k | £509k | £462k | £479k |
| Profit per employee | £92.8k | £74.7k | £52.8k | £63k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▼15.4% | ▲14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼34.2% | ▲32.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼6.8% | ▲10.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £269k | £2.5m | £1.6m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £16.7m | £18.8m | £21.3m | £22.8m |
| Fixed assets | £444k | £553k | £527k | £384k |
| Current assets | £23.2m | £24.6m | £25.8m | £28m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £6.2m | £5.9m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £760k | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £479k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £63k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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 £22.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲246%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £384k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RW Jupe Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Palletower Group Structural Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Palletower (G.B.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Palletower Racking and Shelving (Holdings) LtdFigures not disclosed
- RW Jupe Acquisitions LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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