GP Plumbing & Heating Engineers Limited
Registered name: GP PLUMBING & HEATING ENGINEERS LIMITED
Part of GP Plumbing Holdings Ltd groupGP Plumbing & Heating Engineers Limited made £19.5m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
GP Plumbing & Heating Engineers Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £19.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.8m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Uckfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uckfield, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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) | £18.5m | £19.1m | £19.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £16.3m | £16.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 36 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 7.9% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £451k | £532k | £476k |
| Profit per employee | £43.1k | £41.8k | £43.5k |
| Cash conversion | −99.6% | −104.6% | −75.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲18.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £501k | £564k | £703k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.3m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £476k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £703k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GP Plumbing Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- GP Plumbing & Heating Engineers 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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