Graham Holmes Astraseal Limited
Registered name: GRAHAM HOLMES ASTRASEAL LIMITED
Part of Astraseal (Holdings) Limited groupGraham Holmes Astraseal Limited made £28.4m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Graham Holmes Astraseal Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 211 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.2m | £27.8m | £28.7m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £20.3m | £22.6m | £23.6m | £22m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.3m | £7.5m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 205 | 202 | 218 | 211 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 18.8% | 17.7% | 22.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £138k | £131k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £8.1k | £6.8k | £9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲3% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼8.8% | ▲35% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲7.9% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £6.4m |
| Net assets | £9.7m | £10.7m | £11.5m | £12.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.8m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £13.2m | £12.9m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £5m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £777k | £979k | £969k | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £12.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £6.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 211
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £4.9m
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
- Astraseal (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Graham Holmes Astraseal Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Astraseal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M.S Building Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Fire Door Company Astraseal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Win-Dor LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yourdor 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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