Padiham Glass Limited
Registered name: PADIHAM GLASS LIMITED
Part of Padiham Glass Holdings Ltd groupPadiham Glass Limited made £10.1m revenue and £411k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Padiham Glass Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £10.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £411k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “shaping and processing of flat glass” and is based in Padiham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Padiham, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.5m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.1m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £357k | £484k |
| Profit before tax | — | £305k | £484k |
| Profit after tax | — | £229k | £411k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £229k | £411k |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 65 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 2.4% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.6% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £147k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.5k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲79.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £98.7k | £56.4k | £50.7k |
| Net assets | −£725k | −£496k | −£85.8k |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Current assets | £938k | £954k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £127k | £143k | £154k |
| Deferred income | £154k | £156k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£85.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £50.7k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Padiham Glass Holdings Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Padiham Glass Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £411k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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