Global Maritime Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: GLOBAL MARITIME ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Gme Holdings Limited groupGlobal Maritime Engineering Services Limited made £32.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Global Maritime Engineering Services Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £32.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 368 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Bridgend; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bridgend, Wales
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.9m | £26.4m | £32.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £13m | £22.7m | £28.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £2m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £354k | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £302k | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £82.2k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £82.2k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.3m | £16.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 125 | 288 | 368 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.5% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 13.3% | 13.9% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £120k | £91.6k | £88.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £657 | £4.6k | £3.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 22.2% | −127.1% | −227.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲76.5% | ▲23.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1525% | ▼5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲380.8% | ▲130.4% | ▲27.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £545k | £124k | £875k | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £967k | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £544k | £883k | £867k |
| Current assets | £4m | £6.6m | £8.8m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £3.3m | £4.4m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £189k | £1.3m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | £78.6k | −£2.5m | −£4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −227.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲208%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 368
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £3.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £867k
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
- Gme Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Global Maritime Engineering Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gme Services 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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