Glen Group Ltd.
Registered name: GLEN GROUP LTD.
Part of Merak UK Holdings Limited groupGlen Group Ltd. made £28.8m revenue and £342k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Glen Group Ltd.’s revenue grew 38% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £342k profit and 1,838 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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: “Merak UK 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 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) | £18.2m | £18.5m | £20.9m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £15.8m | £18.2m | £24.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £372k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £173k | £43.5k | £4k | £536k |
| Profit after tax | £142k | −£12k | −£81.5k | £342k |
| Profit (best available) | £142k | −£12k | −£81.5k | £342k |
| Staff costs | £15.4m | £15.4m | £17.9m | £24.1m |
| Employees (average) | 1,621 | 1,611 | 1,639 | 1,838 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −0.1% | −0.4% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 14.5% | 12.9% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.2k | £11.5k | £12.8k | £15.7k |
| Profit per employee | £87 | −£7 | −£50 | £186 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 414.2% | −90.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▲13.2% | ▲37.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼108.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.6% | ▲1.7% | ▲12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £76.7k | £17k | £131k | £21.7k |
| Net assets | £441k | £236k | £205k | £423k |
| Fixed assets | £730k | £784k | £1.3m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7.7m | £8m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £5.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | £521k | £1.5m | −£923k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £15.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £186
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −90.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲106%
- Now £423k
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £21.7k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 1,838
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲87%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merak UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Glen Group Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- RCB Business Solutions 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 £342k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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