Grafton International Limited
Registered name: GRAFTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Grafton International Holdings Limited groupGrafton International Limited made £16m revenue and £211k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Grafton International Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £16m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £211k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Tamworth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tamworth, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £17.6m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.7m | −£11.2m | −£10.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £370k | £395k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £306k | £314k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £204k | £211k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £204k | £211k |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 69 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 36.5% | 35.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £254k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £3k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.7% | ▲3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grafton International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Grafton International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- The Edge Nail & Beauty LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Eyelash Emporium LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £211k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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