Clyde Importers (Scotland) Limited
Registered name: CLYDE IMPORTERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Clyde Importers (Scotland) Limited made £23.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Clyde Importers (Scotland) Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.7m | £26.3m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £23.3m | £21m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £591k | £799k | £730k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 28 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 11.5% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £710k | £939k | £871k |
| Profit per employee | £47.9k | £48.4k | £37.7k |
| Cash conversion | −65.2% | −68.4% | −107.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲48.2% | ▼10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▼25% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £8.2m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £38.8k | £31k | £57.5k |
| Current assets | £8m | £9.1m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£954k | −£1.2m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £871k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −107.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▼58%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲85%
- Now £57.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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