Gfe Holdings Ltd
Registered name: GFE HOLDINGS LTD
Gfe Holdings Ltd made £12.7m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Gfe Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 67% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bideford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bideford, South West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £8.1m | £5.9m | £7.6m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £4m | £5m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £937k | −£237k | £432k | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £893k | −£46.9k | £296k | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £832k | −£50.7k | £223k | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £832k | −£50.7k | £223k | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 63 | 68 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | −0.9% | 2.9% | 19% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 31.8% | 33.7% | 45.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £93.7k | £111k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £13k | −£805 | £3.3k | £29.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▲28.3% | ▲67.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼106.1% | — | ▲979.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲7.9% | ▲20.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £306k | £876k | £625k | £358k |
| Net assets | £627k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £4m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £357k | £911k | £643k | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £12.4k | £17.1k | £5.5k | £69.2k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲56%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £358k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £4.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Greenfield Engineering (Sheet Metal) 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 £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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