Glasdon (UK) Limited
Registered name: GLASDON (UK) LIMITED
Part of Glasdon Group Limited groupGlasdon (UK) Limited made £33.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Glasdon (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £33.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £2.1m profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 is a subsidiary of Glasdon Group Limited which is the ultimate parent company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| 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) | £33.4m | £33.4m | £30.9m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.3m | £16.9m | £16m | £17.2m |
| Gross profit | £16.1m | £16.5m | £14.9m | £16.1m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £5.4m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £5.4m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £4.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £4.3m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 177 | 166 | 159 | 158 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 12.8% | 5.8% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 48.2% | 49.5% | 48.2% | 48.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £201k | £194k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £24.6k | £25.7k | £11.2k | £13.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▼7.6% | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼58.3% | ▲18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▼4.2% | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2.7m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £13.6m | £13.4m | £14m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £15.7m | £14.9m | £16.4m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £395k | £420k | £419k | £441k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £14m
- Cash at bank
- ▲86%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £441k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Glasdon Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Glasdon (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Glasdon Designs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glasdon International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glasdon LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glasdon Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Glasdon Share Scheme 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 Oct 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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