GHTC (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: GHTC (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of Pge II (SC) Limited groupGHTC (Holdings) Limited made £20.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
GHTC (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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&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) | £18.5m | £19.2m | £20.9m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £12m | £13.1m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.6m | £2m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.6m | £2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 91 | 43 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 6.6% | 7.1% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | 37.7% | 37.3% | 38% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £211k | £487k | £561k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £14k | £34.7k | £40.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲9% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.3% | ▲17.5% | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼52.8% | ▼14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £414 | £424 | £328 | £965 |
| Net assets | £369k | £812k | £782k | £746k |
| Fixed assets | £10.9k | £10.7k | £10.7k | £10.7k |
| Current assets | £358k | £837k | £1.7m | £2m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| 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
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £561k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £746k
- Cash at bank
- ▲194%
- Now £965
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £10.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pge II (SC) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Panoramic Growth Equity (GP3) LLP50–75%
- Finch Newco Limited75–100%
- GHTC (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- The Garden and Home Trading Company LimitedRev. £20.8m · Profit £1.5m
- GHTC Online LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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