GSF Sandylight Limited
Registered name: GSF SANDYLIGHT LIMITED
Part of Towerbrook Capital Partners Limited groupGSF Sandylight Limited made £11m revenue and £426k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
GSF Sandylight Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £426k profit and 508 employees. The company is classified under “other cleaning services” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 38 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's immediate parent company is GSF SAS, which holds 100% of the ordinary share capital.”
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.8m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.5m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £378k | £467k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £450k | £561k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | £343k | £344k | £426k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | £343k | £344k | £426k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.8m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 426 | 418 | 375 | 508 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.4% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.5% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £20.7k | £21.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £821 | £919 | £839 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −20.7% | −17.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲42% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.5% | ▲0.3% | ▲23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▼10.3% | ▲35.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £883 | £664 | £1 | £0 |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £3.6m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £119k | £132k | £160k | £140k |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £187k | £271k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£78.2k | −£82.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £839
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −17.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲35%
- Now 508
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £271k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £140k
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
- Towerbrook Capital Partners Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GSF Sandylight Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- GSF (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Towerbrook Capital Partners (U.K.) LLPRev. £55.2m · Profit £17.3m
- GSF GB LimitedRev. — · Profit £11.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £426k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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