Global International Trading Limited
Registered name: GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED
Part of Global Mergers and Acquisitions Ltd groupGlobal International Trading Limited made £11.3m revenue and £487k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Global International Trading Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £487k profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Needham Market Ipswich; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Needham Market Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “At the year end the immediate and ultimate parent company is Global Mergers & Acquisitions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office of Global Mergers & Acquisitions Lt”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £12m | £11.7m | £10.7m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £9m | £8.2m | £7.4m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £62.5k | −£1.2m | £247k | £460k | £621k |
| Profit before tax | £19.1k | −£1.2m | £108k | £318k | £513k |
| Profit after tax | −£58.9k | −£1.1m | £54.3k | £264k | £487k |
| Profit (best available) | −£58.9k | −£1.1m | £54.3k | £264k | £487k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 125 | 112 | 94 | 98 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | −9.3% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 25.1% | 30% | 30.8% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.1k | £95.6k | £105k | £114k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | −£344 | −£8.9k | £485 | £2.8k | £5k |
| Cash conversion | 307.1% | — | −194.9% | −86.6% | −145.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.9% | ▼1.8% | ▼8.7% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲385.9% | ▲84.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.9% | ▼10.4% | ▼16.1% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £270k | £30.4k | £167k | £311k | £1m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.3m | £4.6m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £986k | £705k | £438k | £155k |
| Cash from operations | £192k | −£468k | −£481k | −£398k | −£904k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −145.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲223%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £2.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Global Mergers and Acquisitions Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Global International Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Global Blinds & Shutters 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 Dec 2025 (profit £487k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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