Clow Group Ltd.
Registered name: CLOW GROUP LTD.
Part of W.J. Clow & Company Limited groupClow Group Ltd. made £5m revenue and £279k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Clow Group Ltd.’s revenue grew 8% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £279k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.6m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.8m | −£2.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £214k | £360k |
| Profit before tax | £206k | £372k |
| Profit after tax | £162k | £279k |
| Profit (best available) | £162k | £279k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 38.3% | 42.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲72.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- W.J. Clow & Company Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Clow Group Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- F.a.heffer & Co.limitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Quarryknowe Fabricators LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- McLean, Buchanan & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W. J. Clow (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W.J. Clow & Company (Ireland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £279k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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