GW Consulting (UK) Limited
Registered name: GW CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED
Part of Vance International Limited groupGW Consulting (UK) Limited made £51.6m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
GW Consulting (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £51.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 0 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.9m | £62.1m | £63.7m | £51.6m |
| Cost of sales | £44.8m | £54.5m | £53m | £43.7m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £7.6m | £10.7m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £38.8k | £625k | −£2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£215k | £111k | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£769k | −£2m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | −£769k | −£2m | −£2.5m |
| Staff costs | £132k | £129k | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | −1.2% | −3.1% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 12.3% | 16.8% | 15.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.9m | £62.1m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.4m | −£769k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲2.6% | ▼18.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼114.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £410k | £972k | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £15.3m | £14.6m | £12.6m | £10m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vance International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GW Consulting (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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