Baylis (Gloucester) Holdings Limited
Registered name: BAYLIS (GLOUCESTER) HOLDINGS LIMITED
Baylis (Gloucester) Holdings Limited made £131m revenue and £493k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Baylis (Gloucester) Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £131m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £493k profit and 382 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £122m | £131m |
| Cost of sales | £101m | £108m |
| Gross profit | £21.2m | £22.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £692k | £493k |
| Profit (best available) | £692k | £493k |
| Staff costs | £13.1m | £14.7m |
| Employees (average) | 372 | 382 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £329k | £343k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | 95.4% | 39% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £15m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | £752k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £343k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 39%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 382
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Baylis (Gloucester) LimitedRev. £131m · Profit £1.1m
- Southern (Merthyr) 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 £493k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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