2 Heads Global Design Limited
Registered name: 2 HEADS GLOBAL DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Ges UK Holdings Limited group2 Heads Global Design Limited made £26.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
2 Heads Global Design Limited’s revenue grew 40% to £26.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £1.9m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Marlow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlow, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.1m | £18.8m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £11.3m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £7.5m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.2m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 67 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 9% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 30.3% | 39.9% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £365k | £281k | £330k |
| Profit per employee | £32.3k | £25.4k | £23.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▲40.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4% | ▲11.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.8% | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £1.7m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £5m | £3.1m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £159k | £89.8k | £111k |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £9.2m | £17.1m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £330k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £111k
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
- Ges UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Spiro UK Division Limited75–100%
- 2 Heads Global Holdings Limited75–100%
- 2 Heads Global Design 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 Jul 2024 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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