Woolley GMC Engineering Company Limited
Registered name: WOOLLEY GMC ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
Woolley GMC Engineering Company Limited made £15.4m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Woolley GMC Engineering Company Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £15.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.2m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Syston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Syston, East Midlands
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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: “Woolley GMC Engineering Holdings Limited”
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) | £10.7m | £15m | £13.7m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £11.2m | £10.3m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £754k | £1.4m | £935k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £405k | £1.4m | £690k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £284k | £1.1m | £458k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £284k | £1.1m | £458k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 63 | 65 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 7.6% | 3.3% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 25.5% | 25% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £238k | £211k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £18.1k | £7.1k | £18.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.4% | ▼8.4% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲301.5% | ▼59.8% | ▲166.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▲3.2% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £9.5m | £9.9m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £11.2m | £12m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £364k | £549k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £549k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £1.4m
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 £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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