G.T. Bunning & Sons Limited
Registered name: G.T. BUNNING & SONS LIMITED
G.T. Bunning & Sons Limited made £22.8m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
G.T. Bunning & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £22.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 126 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Gressenhall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gressenhall, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.4m | £21.3m | £22.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.9m | −£15.4m | −£16.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £5.9m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 114 | 126 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.6% | 5.3% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 27.8% | 29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £200k | £187k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £21.2k | £9.8k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.9% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.7% | ▼6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 126
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Premier Pallet Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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