GHL Liftrucks Limited
Registered name: GHL LIFTRUCKS LIMITED
Part of Aprolis Holdings Sas groupGHL Liftrucks Limited made £26m revenue and £434k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
GHL Liftrucks Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £26m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £434k profit and 169 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.9m | £22.2m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | −£12.2m | −£12.5m | −£14.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £9.7m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.9m | −£2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.7m | £612k |
| Profit after tax | £943k | £1.3m | £434k |
| Profit (best available) | £943k | £1.3m | £434k |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 129 | 169 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 6% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 44.3% | 43.5% | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £172k | £154k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £10.3k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.9% | ▼67.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲31% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £154k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now 169
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aprolis Holdings Sas (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Aprolis UK Limited75–100%
- GHL Liftrucks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ability Handling LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £434k
- A.l.t (Holdings) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Angus Lift Trucks LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Langley Mechanical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mhflt UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Swie Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £434k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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