Gibbs Croft Limited
Registered name: GIBBS CROFT LIMITED
Part of Chetwode Trustees 1 Limited groupGibbs Croft Limited made £40.5m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Gibbs Croft Limited’s revenue was £40.5m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £3m profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.4m | £40.5m |
| Cost of sales | £23.5m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | £16.9m | £16.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 158 | 160 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 40.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £256k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | £18.5k | £18.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | −£15m | −£12m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4m |
| Current assets | £40.6m | £44.1m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£12m
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £4m
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
- Chetwode Trustees 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Gibbs Croft Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Soreen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Samworth Brothers LimitedRev. £1.6bn · Profit £7.8m
- Perfect Redd LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sundown 247 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 27 Dec 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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