Gravel Rock Limited
Registered name: GRAVEL ROCK LIMITED
Part of Gre Capital Ltd groupGravel Rock Limited made £5.2m revenue and a £28.8k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Gravel Rock Limited’s revenue fell 64% to £5.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £28.8k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £16m | £14.3m | £5.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £16.1m | £14.5m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £343k | −£135k | −£201k | −£440k |
| Operating profit | £332k | −£9.3k | −£13.2k | −£27.1k |
| Profit before tax | £332k | −£9.3k | −£13.2k | −£28.8k |
| Profit after tax | £332k | −£9.3k | −£13.2k | −£28.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £332k | −£9.3k | −£13.2k | −£28.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | −0.1% | −0.1% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 1.7% | −0.9% | −1.4% | −8.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.6k | −£2.6k | −£14.4k |
| Cash conversion | 2218% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.8% | ▼10.4% | ▼64% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼102.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼16.7% | ▼60% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3k | £885 | £9.9k | £5.8k |
| Net assets | £553k | £543k | £530k | £501k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | — | £28.5k |
| Current assets | £54.9m | £19.5m | £18m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £30.3m | £3.2k | £34.7k | £111k |
| Deferred income | £627k | £64.9k | £29.5k | £8.8k |
| Cash from operations | £7.4m | £6.3m | £14.4m | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −8.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £501k
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £5.8k
- Headcount
- ▼60%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼70%
- Now £8.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £28.5k
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
- Gre Capital Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Gravel Rock Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (21)
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- Daniel Quarter 66 LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Gravel Rock Groundworks LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Meadow Portfolio One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Meadow Portfolio Three LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Meadow Portfolio Two LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Riverside Park Portfolio One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Riverside Park Portfolio Two LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seventh Hill LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stratford Apartments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Summertown 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£28.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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