Vale Garden Houses Limited
Registered name: VALE GARDEN HOUSES LIMITED
Part of Vale Group Holdings Limited groupVale Garden Houses Limited made £9.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Vale Garden Houses Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £9.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “joinery installation” and is based in Grantham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grantham, East Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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) | £7.8m | £8.9m | £8.1m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £3.7m | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 119 | 112 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.3% | 14.6% | 12.6% | 14.4% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 58.4% | 66.6% | 62% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.6k | £75.2k | £71.9k | £84k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | £10.9k | £9.1k | £12.1k |
| Cash conversion | −114.6% | −88.2% | −97.9% | −423% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.4% | ▼10% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▼21.9% | ▲31% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼5.9% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £4.7m | £5.8m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £16.1m | £17m | £18m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.2m | £9.7m | £9.3m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £11.3m | £12.2m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £619k | £532k | £427k | £358k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.3m | −£1.2m | −£6.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −423%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼56%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £4.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vale Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vale Trading Group Limited75–100%
- Vale Garden Houses Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Architectural Bronze 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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