Glenside Commercials Limited
Registered name: GLENSIDE COMMERCIALS LIMITED
Glenside Commercials Limited made £18.8m revenue and £222k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Glenside Commercials Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £18.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £222k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Caerphilly; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Caerphilly, Wales
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.6m | £19.5m | £24.1m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £16.2m | £20.3m | £15.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £444k | £487k | £578k | £476k |
| Profit before tax | £378k | £383k | £428k | £324k |
| Profit after tax | £259k | £364k | £298k | £222k |
| Profit (best available) | £259k | £364k | £298k | £222k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 87 | 90 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 16.9% | 15.8% | 19.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £226k | £224k | £267k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £4.2k | £3.3k | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | −120.2% | −1.2% | −169% | 104% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲23.7% | ▼21.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.2% | ▼18.1% | ▼25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲3.5% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.7k | £22.2k | £2.7k | £3.7k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.9m | £8.4m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £15k |
| Cash from operations | −£533k | −£5.7k | −£977k | £495k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 104%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £3.7k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £15k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £4.4m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £222k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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