Custom Glass Limited
Registered name: CUSTOM GLASS LIMITED
Part of Brabco 620 Holdings Limited groupCustom Glass Limited made £15.5m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Custom Glass Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £15.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.1m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Kirkby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkby, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 ultimate parent company of this company is Brabco 620 Limited which is registered in England and whose registered office address is Custom Complex, Yardley Road, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside L33 ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £15.4m | £14.7m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.7m | £8.9m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.8m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 132 | 126 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.4% | 17.4% | 18.4% | 20% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 37.4% | 39.6% | 44.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £117k | £117k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £20.2k | £20.3k | £21.5k | £23k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▼4.7% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲0.8% | ▲14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▼4.5% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £6m | £8.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £13m | £14.6m | £17.2m | £9.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £13.6m | £16.3m | £19.3m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £142k | £199k | £53.2k | £51.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £9.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £51.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £2.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brabco 620 Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brabco 620 Limited75–100%
- Custom Glass 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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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