Grayce Group Limited
Registered name: GRAYCE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupGrayce Group Limited made £21.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Grayce Group Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £21.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.1m profit and 335 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.6m | £34m | £27m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £19.5m | £19.1m | £15.2m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £16.1m | £14.9m | £11.7m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £6.2m | £4.9m | £4m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £5m | £4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £5.1m | £4.2m | £3.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.1m | £4.2m | £3.2m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £26.2m | £26m | £20.8m | £17.6m |
| Employees (average) | 661 | 585 | 421 | 335 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.3% | 12.3% | 12% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 45.3% | 43.9% | 43.5% | 43.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.8k | £58.1k | £64k | £64.5k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £7.1k | £7.7k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼20.7% | ▼19.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.1% | ▼22.6% | ▼66.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.5% | ▼28% | ▼20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £466k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.7m | £6m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £195k | £126k | £35.6k | £25.3k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £6.6m | £7.7m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £4m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | −£1 | £3 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼62%
- Now £466k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 335
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £25.3k
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
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Kelly Topco Limited75–100%
- Kelly Midco Limited75–100%
- Kelly Bidco Limited75–100%
- Grayce Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Grayce Group Ebt 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 2026 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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