Globale U.K. Limited
Registered name: GLOBALE U.K. LIMITED
Globale U.K. Limited made £187m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Globale U.K. Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £187m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.4m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Directors consider Global-e Online Ltd, a company incorporated in Israel to be the immediate and ultimate parent undertaking. The registered address for Global-e Online Ltd. is Hapsagot 9, Petah T”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £178m | £215m | £187m |
| Cost of sales | £118m | £141m | £121m |
| Gross profit | £59.8m | £74.4m | £66m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £6.9m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 63 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 34.6% | 35.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.4m | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £79k | £59.3k | £56.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.3% | ▼13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.7% | ▲17.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲23.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £23.8m | £29.8m | £22.8m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £7m | £11.4m |
| Fixed assets | £15.3m | £15.3m | £16.4m |
| Current assets | £124m | £108m | £169m |
| Debtors | £99.7m | £78.1m | £146m |
| Deferred income | £19.8m | £22.5m | £7.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- 78.1%
- 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
- ▲63%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £22.8m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▼69%
- Now £7.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £16.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Borderfree UK LimitedRev. £434k · Profit £249k
- Global-E Payco UK LimitedRev. £13.2k · Profit £384
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 2024 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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