GB Global Management Limited
Registered name: GB GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of GB Europe Holdings Limited groupGB Global Management Limited made £28.8m revenue and £25.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
GB Global Management Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £28.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £25.4m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “activities of distribution holding companies” and is based in Upminster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Upminster, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £73.5m | £32.3m | £28.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4k | £0 | — | — |
| Gross profit | — | £73.5m | £32.3m | £28.8m |
| Operating profit | — | −£11m | £107m | £19.8m |
| Profit before tax | £18.8m | −£3.4m | £134m | £23.7m |
| Profit after tax | £55m | £73.5m | £122m | £25.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £55m | £73.5m | £122m | £25.4m |
| Staff costs | — | £27.3m | £13.9m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 153 | 189 | 202 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 100% | 377.7% | 88.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £480k | £171k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | £539k | £480k | £646k | £126k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼56% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲66.2% | ▼79.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲23.5% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £55.9m | £156m | £47.8m | £19.7m |
| Net assets | £32.4m | £27.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £176m | £173m | £56.4m | £51.3m |
| Current assets | £559m | £565m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £844k | £337k | £598k |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 88.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £126k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 178%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £19.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £51.3m
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
- GB Europe Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GB Global Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (16)
- Uniserve LimitedRev. £244m · Profit £22.8m
- James Kemball LimitedRev. £43.2m · Profit £2.4m
- Commercial Platforms International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cpi Media Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cromwell Manor Functions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Customs Insights Consultancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Efret LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eurotrade Fulfilment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Metro Global Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £845k
- One World Global Trade Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniocean Lines LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (U.K.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uogp LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wilgo Freight Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Ellerman City Liners LimitedRev. £82.6m · Profit −£66.4m
- Corby Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dover Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ellerman Lines LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Speke Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stretford Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £25.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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