GSMT Ltd
Registered name: GSMT LTD
Part of GSMT Holdings Limited groupGSMT Ltd made £74m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
GSMT Ltd’s revenue grew 22% to £74m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in March; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- March, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
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) | £61.4m | £63m | £60.7m | £74m |
| Cost of sales | £58.1m | £59.7m | £57.3m | £71m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £347k | £485k | £550k | £537k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.7% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.7m | £5.7m | £6.1m | £6.7m |
| Profit per employee | £283k | £189k | £162k | £111k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼3.6% | ▲21.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼21.9% | ▼24.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲37.5% | ▼9.1% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.6m | £4.5m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £5.1m | £5.7m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £163k | £160k | £470k | £350k |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £7.3m | £8.9m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £361k | £303k | £230k | £984k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £111k
- 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
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▲328%
- Now £984k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £350k
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
- GSMT Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GSMT Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Gold Star Metal Traders LtdRev. £41.9m · Profit −£352k
- Port Sutton Bridge LimitedRev. £807k · Profit £88.1k
- GSMT Services LtdFigures 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 £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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