Group55 Limited
Registered name: GROUP55 LIMITED
Part of Tunbrook Holdings Limited groupGroup55 Limited made £18m revenue and £132k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Group55 Limited’s revenue was £18m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £132k profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Chorley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 23 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: “Tunbrook Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party of the company. The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of Tunbrook Holdings Limited. Copies”
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 Jul 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £6.2m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £4.2m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £2m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £275k | £335k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £252k | £223k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £221k | £132k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £221k | £132k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £1.2m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 78 | 84 | 93 | 107 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 3.6% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 31.7% | 30.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £66.5k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £2.4k | £1.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −70.2% | 205.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.7% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £498k | £180k | £10.3k | £301k | £446k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £799k | £733k | £733k | £714k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.7m | £5.7m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £883k | £1m | £1.9m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £0 | £79.2k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −£193k | £687k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | 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
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 205.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £446k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £79.2k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tunbrook Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Group55 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Areetcha 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 £132k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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