The Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company Limited
Registered name: THE GAINSBOROUGH SILK WEAVING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of The Edward Alexander Group Ltd groupThe Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company Limited made £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
The Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company Limited reported £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024, up 672% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 17 employees. The company is classified under “weaving of textiles” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Edward Alexander Group Ltd”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £177k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £177k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £80.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲672.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £77.8k | £13.2k |
| Net assets | −£1m | £522k |
| Fixed assets | £825k | £979k |
| Current assets | £433k | £321k |
| Debtors | £69.5k | £102k |
| Deferred income | £46k | £93.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £80.3k
- 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 £522k
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £13.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▲104%
- Now £93.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £979k
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
- The Edward Alexander Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Collier Webb LimitedRev. — · Profit £18.9k
- Edward Alexander Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£61k
- George Spencer Designs LimitedRev. — · Profit £104k
- Heritage Trimmings LimitedRev. — · Profit £10.8k
- Titley & Marr 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 Mar 2024 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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