G S M Automotive Limited
Registered name: G S M AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
G S M Automotive Limited made £10.7m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
G S M Automotive Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £10.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1m and 125 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Witney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witney, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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) | £14.1m | £12.1m | £12.6m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £7.4m | £8.3m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £4.7m | £4.3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£1.8m | −£3.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£805k | −£775k | −£18.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£633k | −£709k | −£18.3m | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£633k | −£709k | −£18.3m | −£1m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £6.5m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 158 | 147 | 125 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | −5.9% | −145.7% | −9.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 39.1% | 33.9% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.5k | £76.4k | £85.7k | £86k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.3k | −£4.5k | −£125k | −£8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▲4.3% | ▼14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.6% | ▼7% | ▼15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.3m | £482k | £912k |
| Net assets | £21.8m | £21.1m | £2.8m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £2.7m | £540k | £442k |
| Current assets | £21.2m | £21.2m | £7.9m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £807k |
| Cash from operations | −£997k | £1.1m | £3.5m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲89%
- Now £912k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £442k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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