Gill Corporate Limited
Registered name: GILL CORPORATE LIMITED
Gill Corporate Limited made £18.2m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Gill Corporate Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £2.4m profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Gill Corporate Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £6.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 138 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.7% | 13% |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 41% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £29.3k | £17.1k |
| Cash conversion | 93% | 96.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £568k |
| Net assets | £13.9m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £4.4m | £3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 96.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £568k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Gill Instruments LimitedRev. £15.1m · Profit £3.5m
- Gill Research & Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gill Sensors & Controls LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Labcal LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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