Golden Bear Products Limited
Registered name: GOLDEN BEAR PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Golden Bear Holdings Limited groupGolden Bear Products Limited made £18.8m revenue and £340k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Golden Bear Products Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £340k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other games and toys,” and is based in Shropshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shropshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 Company is controlled by Golden Bear Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22m | £17.4m | £17m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £9.3m | £9.2m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.3m | £8.1m | £7.8m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £125k | −£398k | £527k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £122k | −£392k | £527k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £148k | −£135k | £340k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £148k | −£135k | £340k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 52 | 55 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 0.9% | −0.8% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 46.8% | 46.6% | 45.9% | 45.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £407k | £335k | £309k | £355k |
| Profit per employee | £28.2k | £2.8k | −£2.5k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼2.4% | ▲10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.3% | ▼191.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲5.8% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.5m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £806k | £1m | £872k | £738k |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £6.3m | £6.8m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £931k | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £811k | £1.1m | £838k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £355k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲49%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £838k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £738k
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
- Golden Bear Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Golden Bear Products 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 Mar 2025 (profit £340k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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