Gate Builders & Plumbers Merchants Ltd
Registered name: GATE BUILDERS & PLUMBERS MERCHANTS LTD
Gate Builders & Plumbers Merchants Ltd made £835k revenue and £69.3k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Gate Builders & Plumbers Merchants Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £835k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £69.3k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Oldbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Oldbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £712k | £673k | £835k |
| Cost of sales | — | £593k | £479k | £555k |
| Gross profit | — | £119k | £194k | £280k |
| Operating profit | — | £10.1k | £67.1k | £85.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | £10.1k | £67.1k | £85.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | £8.2k | £54.3k | £69.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £8.2k | £54.3k | £69.3k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.1% | 8.1% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.7% | 28.8% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £237k | £224k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.7k | £18.1k | £17.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5.5% | ▲24.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲565% | ▲27.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £5.3k | £4.6k | £1.2k |
| Net assets | £7.6k | £15.8k | £70.1k | £139k |
| Fixed assets | £26.5k | £42.5k | £68.6k | £68.6k |
| Current assets | £72.5k | £100k | £120k | £158k |
| Debtors | — | £10k | £15.2k | £3.5k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲99%
- Now £139k
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £1.2k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £68.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £69.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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