How much does A. & B. Glass Company Limited make?

A. & B. Glass Company Limited reported revenue of £27.6m and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does A. & B. Glass Company Limited have?

A. & B. Glass Company Limited reported an average of 177 employees in the year to 31 Oct 2025.

Is A. & B. Glass Company Limited profitable?

Yes — A. & B. Glass Company Limited reported a profit of £1.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025.

Company No. 01543721 · Incorporated 6 Feb 1981

A. & B. Glass Company Limited

Registered name: A. & B. GLASS COMPANY LIMITED

Part of A & B Glass Holding Company Ltd group

A. & B. Glass Company Limited made £27.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text

A. & B. Glass Company Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £27.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.4m profit and 177 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Sudbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Status: Active
Location: Sudbury, East of England
Age: 45 yrs · since 1981
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's immediate parent company is A & B Glass Holding Company Limited. The company's ultimate parent company is A&B Glass Group Limited and is the smallest and largest group for which consolid”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2025

Key figures

Boring industry

Revenue

£27.6m

Growth ▼7.6%

Profit

£1.4m

Growth ▼25%

Profit margin

Gross 38.7%

Employees

177

Change ▲0.6%

Profit / employee

£7.8k

Revenue/employee £156k

Profitable streak

4yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Oct 2022	31 Oct 2023	31 Oct 2024	31 Oct 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)	£27.9m	£30.9m	£29.9m	£27.6m
Cost of sales	£19.8m	£21.9m	£18.7m	£16.9m
Gross profit	£8.1m	£9m	£11.2m	£10.7m
Operating profit	£1.1m	£950k	£2.6m	£1.9m
Profit before tax	£1m	£750k	£2.4m	£1.6m
Profit after tax	£855k	£537k	£1.8m	£1.4m
Profit (best available)	£855k	£537k	£1.8m	£1.4m
Staff costs	£5.8m	£6.8m	£6.5m	£6.6m
Employees (average)	181	198	176	177
Ratios
Profit margin	3.1%	1.7%	6.2%	5%
Gross margin	28.9%	29.2%	37.4%	38.7%
Revenue per employee	£154k	£156k	£170k	£156k
Profit per employee	£4.7k	£2.7k	£10.5k	£7.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth	—	▲10.9%	▼3.5%	▼7.6%
Profit growth	—	▼37.3%	▲243.1%	▼25%
Headcount growth	—	▲9.4%	▼11.1%	▲0.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£1.1m	£1.1m	£1.4m	£780k
Net assets	£5.4m	£5.4m	£5.9m	£5.9m
Fixed assets	£1.3m	£1.8m	£3.1m	£5.1m
Current assets	£11.1m	£9.8m	£9.7m	£8.8m
Debtors	£6.6m	£6m	£6.6m	£5.7m
Deferred income	£227k	£529k	£652k	£418k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: 5%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 38.7%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £156k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: £7.8k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 18.3%; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: 1.5%; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: 20.8%; Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.

Indirect — not revenue

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: ▲1%; Now £5.9m
Cash at bank: ▼43%; Now £780k
Headcount: ▲1%; Now 177
Deferred income: ▼36%; Now £418k
Fixed assets: ▲65%; Now £5.1m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

A & B Glass Holding Company Ltdultimate parent75–100%
A. & B. Glass Company Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Asset Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Coastal Windows LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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