GB Group PLC
Registered name: GB GROUP PLC
GB Group PLC made £283m revenue and £8.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
GB Group PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £283m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £8.6m profit. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Public 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £277m | £283m |
| Cost of sales | −£82.8m | −£84.9m |
| Gross profit | £195m | £198m |
| Operating profit | −£41.4m | £22.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£50.4m | £15.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£48.6m | £8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£48.6m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −17.5% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 70.1% | 70% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- GBG Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GBG Tech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GBG Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GBG Technology Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Loqate Ltd.Figures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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