Garware Hi-Tech Films International Limited
Registered name: GARWARE HI-TECH FILMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited groupGarware Hi-Tech Films International Limited made £10.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Garware Hi-Tech Films International Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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: “The Company is controlled by Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited (Formerly known as Garware Polyester Limited). The controlling party is a listed company incorporated in India and listed on the Indian Stock”
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&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) | £9.2m | £6.9m | £9.3m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £4.7m | £6.8m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £445k | £326k | £452k | £525k |
| Profit before tax | £829k | £1.3m | £900k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £744k | £1.3m | £775k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £744k | £1.3m | £775k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 18.3% | 8.3% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 32% | 26.9% | 26.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £763k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £93k | £139k | £86.1k | £136k |
| Cash conversion | −65.5% | 313.9% | −163.9% | −81% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▲35.5% | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.6% | ▼38.2% | ▲57.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2m | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £2m | £3.2m | £4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £91.8k | £122k | £112k | £101k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.3m | £4.4m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £530k | £310k | £862k | £786k |
| Deferred income | £27.6k | £22.5k | £21.1k | £25.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£292k | £1m | −£741k | −£426k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £136k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −81%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £25.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £101k
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
- Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Garware Hi-Tech Films International Limitedthis 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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