The Garage Door Company Limited
Registered name: THE GARAGE DOOR COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Sanwa Holdings Corporation groupThe Garage Door Company Limited made £10.7m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Garage Door Company Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 82 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Luton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, 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: “The immediate parent company is Novoferm UK Holdings Limited with registered address at Units 5-9 Sedgwick Road, North Luton Industrial Estate, Luton LU4 9DT The ultimate parent company is Sanwa Holdi”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −18.3% | −17.1% |
| Gross margin | 51.1% | 51.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | −£20.5k | −£22.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £346k | £91.6k |
| Net assets | −£12m | −£13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £916k | £772k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £634k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £649k | £980k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- —
- Now −£13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £91.6k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £980k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £772k
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
- Sanwa Holdings Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Novoferm UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Garage Door Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- BGS Intelligent Door Solutions LimitedRev. £21m · Profit £3m
- Robust UK LimitedRev. £15.7m · Profit −£2.5m
- Novoferm UK LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit −£3.2m
- Horton Automatics LimitedRev. £5.6m · Profit £61.8k
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 −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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