G. D. Woodworking Limited
Registered name: G. D. WOODWORKING LIMITED
G. D. Woodworking Limited made £18.8m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
G. D. Woodworking Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.2m profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 ultimate controlling party is both L Ducker and G Ducker by their virtue holding of 75.95% of the Ordinary A share capital of G.D.Woodworking 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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £16.2m | £16.3m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £9.2m | £9m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £7m | £7.3m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4m | £4.3m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 91 | 97 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.9% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 16.9% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 43% | 44.8% | 45.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £178k | £168k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £24.1k | £27k | £26.3k | £31.9k |
| Cash conversion | −113.7% | −135.2% | −50.4% | −120.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲0.6% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▲3.7% | ▲25% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲6.6% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3m | £2.1m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £9.9m | £11.5m | £13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £6m | £6.8m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.5m | £8m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £292k | £153k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | −£4.4m | −£1.7m | −£5.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −120.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲129%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £153k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £6.6m
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 £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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