Giant Professional Limited
Registered name: GIANT PROFESSIONAL LIMITED
Part of Giant Group Limited groupGiant Professional Limited made £790m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Giant Professional Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £790m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2.2m profit and 7,811 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £689m | £783m | £830m | £790m |
| Cost of sales | £682m | £775m | £819m | £782m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8.2m | £10.7m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1m | £3.6m | £949k |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £3.9m | £6.1m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.2m | £4.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.2m | £4.6m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £678m | £777m | £821m | £785m |
| Employees (average) | 7,991 | 8,273 | 8,226 | 7,811 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.3k | £94.7k | £101k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £298 | £381 | £557 | £277 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▲6% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32.6% | ▲45.4% | ▼52.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼0.6% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £57.1m | £52.2m | £47.2m | £36.6m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £4.5m | £5.8m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £36.7k | £26.1k |
| Current assets | £67.3m | £60.5m | £66.6m | £59.1m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £2.4m | £8.8m | £11.3m |
| Deferred income | £3.9m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £277
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £36.6m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 7,811
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £26.1k
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
- Giant Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Giant Professional Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Giant Finance LimitedRev. — · Profit £863k
- Giant Precision LimitedRev. — · Profit £2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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