Gilpin Environmental Ltd
Registered name: GILPIN ENVIRONMENTAL LTD
Part of Gilpin Demolition Group Limited groupGilpin Environmental Ltd made £1.5m revenue and £152k profit in the year to 30 May 2025.
Gilpin Environmental Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £1.5m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £152k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 immediate parent entity is Gilpin Demolition Group Limited.The immediate parent company's principal place of business is The Horsefields, Clay Pits Way, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 3RR.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 May 2022 | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2024 | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £883k | £845k | £730k | £858k |
| Gross profit | £375k | £524k | £564k | £657k |
| Operating profit | −£26.6k | £96.6k | £39.6k | £161k |
| Profit before tax | −£26.7k | £96.6k | £40.4k | £161k |
| Profit after tax | −£28k | £97.2k | £41.2k | £152k |
| Profit (best available) | −£28k | £97.2k | £41.2k | £152k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | 7.1% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 38.3% | 43.6% | 43.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.9k | £85.6k | £76.2k | £79.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.4k | £6.1k | £2.4k | £8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼5.4% | ▲17% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼57.6% | ▲267.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | ▲6.3% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £39.2k | £52.6k | £41.6k | £15.5k |
| Net assets | £171k | £269k | £310k | £461k |
| Fixed assets | £133k | £115k | £98.1k | £119k |
| Current assets | £472k | £410k | £319k | £507k |
| Debtors | £145k | £275k | £92.5k | £86.1k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £12.3k | £21.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £461k
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £15.5k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £21.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £119k
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
- Gilpin Demolition Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gilpin Environmental Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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