Ifchor Galbraiths UK Limited
Registered name: IFCHOR GALBRAITHS UK LIMITED
Ifchor Galbraiths UK Limited made £26.9m revenue and £179k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Ifchor Galbraiths UK Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £26.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £179k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1967
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate holding company is Ifchor Galbraiths SA, a company registered in Switzerland at Place Pepinet 1, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.1m | £26.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £462k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £519k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £179k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £179k |
| Staff costs | £19.1m | £17.2m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £510k | £441k |
| Profit per employee | £24.7k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | 341.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £16m | £12.5m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £452k | £420k |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £12.1m | £8.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £441k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 341.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £12.5m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £8.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £420k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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