Global Relay UK Limited
Registered name: GLOBAL RELAY UK LIMITED
Global Relay UK Limited made £78.6m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Global Relay UK Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £78.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.8m profit and 595 employees. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 controlling party is Global Relay Communications Inc”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.9m | £57m | £68.2m | £78.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3.9m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3.8m | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £29.2m | £43m | £53.7m | £61.5m |
| Employees (average) | 295 | 433 | 517 | 595 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £132k | £132k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £7k | £6.4k | £6.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 119.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.2% | ▲19.8% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.8% | ▲8.8% | ▲15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.8% | ▲19.4% | ▲15.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £633k | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £7.6m | £10.9m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £11.5m | £10.5m | £9.5m | £7.2m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £9.2m | £12.5m | £16.6m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £6m | £10.9m | £12.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | — | £4.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 595
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £7.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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