Tufwell Glass Limited
Registered name: TUFWELL GLASS LIMITED
Part of Duke Capital Limited groupTufwell Glass Limited made a £451k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Tufwell Glass Limited reported a loss of £451k in the year to 30 Nov 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 35 employees. The company is classified under “shaping and processing of flat glass” and is based in Crawley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is United Glass Group Ltd. The registered office of United Glass Group Ltd is Beecham Close, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8UZ.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.5m | £6.7m | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.9m | £5.1m | — |
| Gross profit | — | £1.6m | £1.7m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £429k | £472k | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £36.4k | −£56.8k | — |
| Profit after tax | £250k | £69.3k | −£18.2k | −£451k |
| Profit (best available) | £250k | £69.3k | −£18.2k | −£451k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 39 | 38 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.9% | −0.3% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 21.8% | 24.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £193k | £177k | — |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £1.8k | −£479 | −£12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼10.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.3% | ▼126.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼2.6% | ▼7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £123k | £52.2k | £467k | £71.6k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £972k | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.8m | £4m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £489k | £406k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼85%
- Now £71.6k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲99%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Duke Capital Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- United Glass Group Ltd75–100%
- Tufwell Glass Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Brownhills Glass Company LimitedRev. £7.8m · Profit −£232k
- Brownhills Investments Property LimitedRev. — · Profit £140k
- London Architectural Glass LtdRev. — · Profit −£876k
- Premier Double Glazed Units 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£451k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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