G.L. Profiles Ltd
Registered name: G.L. PROFILES LTD
G.L. Profiles Ltd made £10.4m revenue and £283k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
G.L. Profiles Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £283k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Chatteris; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatteris, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £10.7m | £9.5m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £7.6m | £6.3m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £979k | £969k | £876k | £363k |
| Profit before tax | £980k | £981k | £885k | £390k |
| Profit after tax | £877k | £761k | £649k | £283k |
| Profit (best available) | £877k | £761k | £649k | £283k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 29.5% | 34.4% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | £373k | £346k | £298k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | £28.3k | £24.5k | £20.3k | £8.6k |
| Cash conversion | −55.6% | −113% | −90.4% | −60.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼11.1% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.3% | ▼14.6% | ▼56.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.2% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £515k | £1.1m | £947k | £862k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.6m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £971k |
| Deferred income | £74.4k | £89k | £35.7k | £32.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£545k | −£1.1m | −£792k | −£220k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −60.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £862k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £32.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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