GSK PLC
GSK PLC made £32.7bn revenue and £6.3bn profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
GSK PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £32.7bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.3bn profit and 68,307 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3bn | £31.4bn | £32.7bn |
| Cost of sales | −£8.6bn | −£9bn | −£9bn |
| Gross profit | £21.8bn | £22.3bn | £23.6bn |
| Operating profit | £6.7bn | £4bn | £7.9bn |
| Profit before tax | £6.1bn | £3.5bn | £7.4bn |
| Profit after tax | £5.3bn | £3bn | £6.3bn |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3bn | £3bn | £6.3bn |
| Employees (average) | 70,244 | 69,305 | 68,307 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17.5% | 9.4% | 19.3% |
| Gross margin | 71.8% | 71.2% | 72.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £432k | £453k | £478k |
| Profit per employee | £75.6k | £42.6k | £92.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.4% | ▲113.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £478k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £92.1k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 68,307
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Glaxosmithkline Holdings (One) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glaxosmithkline Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glaxosmithkline Mercury LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glaxosmithkline Services UnlimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.3bn), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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