Grayton Holdings Ltd
Registered name: GRAYTON HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Grayton Engineering Group Limited groupGrayton Holdings Ltd made £18.6m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Grayton Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.7m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Barton Upon Humber; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barton Upon Humber, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 7 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.3m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.2m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 9% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | 111.5% | 178.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £695k | £357k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £502k |
| Fixed assets | £935k | £949k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £5.2m |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 178.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▼72%
- Now £502k
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £357k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £949k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grayton Engineering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Grayton Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Grayton LimitedRev. £19.1m · Profit £1.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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