GWS Holdings Limited
Registered name: GWS HOLDINGS LIMITED
GWS Holdings Limited made £42m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
GWS Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £42m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.8m profit and 175 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Langley Moor; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Langley Moor, North East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.5m | £51.7m | £46.6m | £42m |
| Cost of sales | £33.2m | £41.5m | £39.3m | £34.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £10.3m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £5.6m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £5.4m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £829k | £4.5m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £829k | £4.5m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 172 | 173 | 175 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 8.7% | 5.6% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 19.8% | 15.6% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £225k | £301k | £269k | £240k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £26.1k | £15.1k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.5% | ▼10% | ▼9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲441.6% | ▼41.9% | ▼31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▲0.6% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £460k | £1.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £4m | £4.7m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £952k | £2.3m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £240k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 175
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲122%
- Now £2.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Groundwork Services (Durham) LtdRev. £42m · Profit £1.5m
- GWS Demolition LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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