William Gilder Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM GILDER LIMITED
Part of William Gilder Group Limited groupWilliam Gilder Limited made £23.5m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
William Gilder Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies” and is based in Tewkesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tewkesbury, South West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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. From the filing: “Registered office address: Teddington Hands, Evesham Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8NE.”
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) | £18.9m | £19.5m | £20.5m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £16.8m | £18.2m | £20m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £329k | £807k | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£65.8k | £693k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£65.8k | £693k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.7m | £5.9m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 137 | 138 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | −0.3% | 3.4% | 9% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 13.9% | 11.1% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £142k | £149k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | −£480 | £5k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3% | ▲5.4% | ▲14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼104.6% | — | ▲205.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲0.7% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.5k | £556k | £1.7m | £256k |
| Net assets | £15.1m | £14.5m | £15.8m | £19.1m |
| Fixed assets | £28.2m | £28.3m | £30.5m | £33.6m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £10.7m | £12.3m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 142.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £19.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼85%
- Now £256k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £33.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- William Gilder Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- William Gilder Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- GB Liming LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gilder Agri LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gilder Environmental LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gilder Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gilder Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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