Ground-Guards Ltd
Registered name: GROUND-GUARDS LTD
Part of The Greentek (Group) Ltd groupGround-Guards Ltd made £15m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ground-Guards Ltd’s revenue grew 55% to £15m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 13 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.7m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.7m | £10m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.9m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £707k | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £686k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £508k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £508k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 20 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.3% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 30.2% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £483k | £577k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £25.4k | £64.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −293.9% | −61.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲55.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲231.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲81.8% | ▲30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £745k | £210k | £590k | £670k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4.8m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £5m | £5m | £7.2m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £996k | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £3.2k | £3.4k | £3.4k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.1m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £577k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −61.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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 £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £670k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲449%
- Now £7.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Greentek (Group) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ground-Guards Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Greentek Solutions LtdRev. £2.7m · Profit £323k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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