Skip to content
CompanySight
Company No. 11103300 · Incorporated 8 Dec 2017

Float Glass Industries Limited

Registered name: FLOAT GLASS INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Float Glass Industries Limited made £13.6m revenue and a £308k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Float Glass Industries Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £308k and 114 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Manchester, North West
Age
8 yrs · since 2017
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: “Control of the company is vested in the shareholders as a whole and no single shareholder has ultimate control.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£13.6m
Growth ▼2.9%
Profit
−£308k
Growth ▼1737%
Profit margin
−2.3%
Gross 25%
Employees
114
Change 0%
Profit / employee
−£2.7k
Revenue/employee £120k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17m£16m£14.1m£13.6m
Cost of sales£12m£11.6m£10m£10.2m
Gross profit£4.9m£4.4m£4m£3.4m
Operating profit£748k£85.8k−£170k−£204k
Profit before tax£502k−£205k−£437k−£467k
Profit after tax£461k−£195k£18.8k−£308k
Profit (best available)£461k−£195k£18.8k−£308k
Staff costs£4m£4.2m£4.1m£4.2m
Employees (average)122118114114
Ratios
Profit margin2.7%−1.2%0.1%−2.3%
Gross margin29%27.6%28.7%25%
Revenue per employee£139k£136k£123k£120k
Profit per employee£3.8k−£1.6k£165−£2.7k
Cash conversion−61.4%−622.8%——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼5.6%▼12.2%▼2.9%
Profit growth—▼142.2%—▼1737%
Headcount growth—▼3.3%▼3.4%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£56.1k£47.8k£109k£92.9k
Net assets£831k£683k£752k£990k
Fixed assets£2.5m£2.2m£2.2m£1.9m
Current assets—£3.9m£3.8m£3.7m
Debtors£3.4m£2.8m£2.3m£1.9m
Deferred income£392k£248k£191k£106k
Cash from operations−£459k−£534k−£555k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−2.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
25%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£120k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£2.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲32%
Now £990k
Cash at bank
▼15%
Now £92.9k
Headcount
0%
Now 114
Deferred income
▼45%
Now £106k
Fixed assets
▼12%
Now £1.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Minority corporate shareholders

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

Similar profitable businesses

Industry benchmarks →

Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£308k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.