GCSL Group Limited
Registered name: GCSL GROUP LIMITED
GCSL Group Limited made £15.1m revenue and a £503k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
GCSL Group Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £503k and 105 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Hull; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £13.9m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £10.1m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £422k | £4.5k | −£189k |
| Profit before tax | £300k | −£132k | −£469k |
| Profit after tax | £35k | £20k | −£503k |
| Profit (best available) | £35k | £20k | −£503k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 89 | 105 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.1% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 27.4% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £157k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £307 | £225 | −£4.8k |
| Cash conversion | 218.4% | 3790% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼31.3% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.9% | ▼2614% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.9% | ▲18% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £91.3k | £55k | £52.6k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £943k | £25k |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £7.3m | £7.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £923k | £171k | £874k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▼97%
- Now £25k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £52.6k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £7.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- WSL Chassis Division LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£503k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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