Philip Grahame International Limited
Registered name: PHILIP GRAHAME INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Philip Grahame International Limited made £14m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Philip Grahame International Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £14m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 undertaking is Niedax Galvanik GmbH, the registered office is Königswinterer Str. 97 · 53227 Bonn, Germany.”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.5m | £12.2m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.5m | £6m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £6m | £6.2m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.6m | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.6m | £2.2m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.8m | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.8m | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 50 | 59 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 24% | 12.9% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.2% | 50.7% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £230k | £206k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | — | £55.1k | £26.7k | £33.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.1% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼42.9% | ▲43.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲18% | ▲15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £5.5m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.6m | £5m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | £7.3k | £378k | £352k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- 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 £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £352k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £3.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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