GDL (Romford) Limited
Registered name: GDL (ROMFORD) LIMITED
Part of Galliard Group Limited groupGDL (Romford) Limited made £0 revenue and a £88k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
GDL (Romford) Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £88k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Loughton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is Galliard Developments Limited and the ultimate parent undertaking is GDL Holdco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £104k | £37.7k |
| Gross profit | −£104k | −£37.7k |
| Operating profit | −£203k | −£88k |
| Profit (best available) | −£203k | −£88k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £27.1k | £13.4k |
| Net assets | −£519k | −£607k |
| Deferred income | £546 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£607k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £13.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Galliard Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GDL Holdco Limited75–100%
- Galliard Developments Limited75–100%
- GDL (Romford) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- GDL (Tower Bridge Road) LimitedRev. £805k · Profit −£969k
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 2024 (profit −£88k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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