Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd
Registered name: GOLD STAR METAL TRADERS LTD
Part of GSMT Holdings Limited groupGold Star Metal Traders Ltd made £41.9m revenue and a £352k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £41.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £352k and 47 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in March; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- March, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.7m | £39.5m | £37.6m | £41.9m |
| Cost of sales | £40.7m | £34.3m | £32.6m | £37.4m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £5.2m | £5m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £1.5m | £1.7m | −£300k |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £1.3m | £1.4m | −£832k |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £848k | £1.3m | −£352k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £848k | £1.3m | −£352k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 34 | 63 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 2.1% | 3.5% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 13.2% | 13.4% | 10.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £840k | £1.2m | £597k | £892k |
| Profit per employee | £66.7k | £24.9k | £20.8k | −£7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.9% | ▼4.8% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.1% | ▲54.5% | ▼126.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼41.4% | ▲85.3% | ▼25.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.1m | £2m | £817k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £6.6m | £7.6m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £8.7m | £8.6m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £9.6m | £9.3m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £547k | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £539k | £349k | £461k | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £892k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £817k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▲278%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £7.7m
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
- GSMT Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gold Star Metal Traders Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- GSMT LtdRev. £74m · Profit £1.2m
- Port Sutton Bridge LimitedRev. £807k · Profit £88.1k
- GSMT Services LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit −£352k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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