Guhring Limited
Registered name: GUHRING LIMITED
Guhring Limited made £21.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Guhring Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £21.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tools” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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) | £16.7m | £19.8m | £22.4m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £13.9m | £15m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.9m | £7.5m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £418k | £916k | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £315k | £716k | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £218k | £559k | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £218k | £559k | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 90 | 86 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 2.8% | 6.9% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 29.7% | 33.3% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £220k | £261k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £6.2k | £18.1k | £12.5k |
| Cash conversion | 70.2% | −37% | −143.3% | −184.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▲13.4% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲156.6% | ▲178.7% | ▼23.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼4.4% | ▲11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £429k | £331k | £994k | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £10.5m | £12m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £6.5m | £6.1m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £9.7m | £9.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.7m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | £293k | −£339k | −£3.2m | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −184.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲130%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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