Fluidmaster GB Ltd
Registered name: FLUIDMASTER GB LTD
Part of Fluidmaster UK Limited groupFluidmaster GB Ltd made £17.3m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Fluidmaster GB Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.4m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Hereford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “The immediate parent of the company is Fluidmaster UK Limited, which heads the group of which the company is a member and for which group financial statements have been and/or will be prepared. The co”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.6m | £20.5m | £19.5m | £17.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £13.9m | £12m | — |
| Gross profit | £6m | £6.7m | £7.4m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 96 | 74 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9% | 13.4% | 15.2% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 32.4% | 38.2% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £214k | £263k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £28.6k | £39.9k | £33k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.8% | ▼5.1% | ▼11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲29.2% | ▲7.6% | ▼17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼42.9% | ▼22.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £859k | £933k | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £7.1m | £7.4m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £12m | £13.6m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £5m | £3.6m | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.7%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fluidmaster UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fluidmaster GB Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Torbeck Control Valves LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Cmi Distribution 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 2024 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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