GFM (UK) Limited
Registered name: GFM (UK) LIMITED
GFM (UK) Limited made £1.4m revenue and £236k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
GFM (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £1.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £236k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £768k | £892k | £852k | £686k |
| Gross profit | £687k | £591k | £659k | £673k |
| Operating profit | £260k | £1.2k | £165k | £237k |
| Profit before tax | £262k | £33.2k | £238k | £314k |
| Profit after tax | £200k | £26.3k | £178k | £236k |
| Profit (best available) | £200k | £26.3k | £178k | £236k |
| Staff costs | £535k | £776k | £586k | £523k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | 1.8% | 11.8% | 17.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.2% | 39.9% | 43.6% | 49.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £98.9k | £108k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £15.4k | £1.8k | £12.7k | £23.6k |
| Cash conversion | −131.1% | 1081% | −85.5% | −105.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2% | ▲1.9% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.8% | ▲576.9% | ▲32.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▼6.7% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £5.1m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.7m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £222k | £212k | £210k | £215k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £5.7m | £6m |
| Debtors | £294k | £469k | £341k | £332k |
| Cash from operations | −£340k | £12.5k | −£141k | −£250k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −105.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £215k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £236k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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