Gripple Limited
Registered name: GRIPPLE LIMITED
Gripple Limited made £129m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Gripple Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £129m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.1m profit and 932 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £107m | £114m | £121m | £129m |
| Cost of sales | £61m | £63.4m | £68.5m | £74.2m |
| Gross profit | £45.7m | £51m | £52.8m | £54.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £3.5m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 957 | 932 | 956 | 932 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 2.2% | 3% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.9% | 44.6% | 43.5% | 42.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £123k | £127k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £2.7k | £3.9k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲6% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲46.8% | ▲12.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲2.6% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.5k | £261k | £5.4k | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £27.2m | £25.4m | £25.6m | £25.3m |
| Fixed assets | £43.4m | £46.5m | £47.6m | £50.7m |
| Current assets | £25.4m | £23.1m | £28.7m | £35.7m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £4.1m | £5m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £805k | £2.1m | £1.5m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £25.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44888%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 932
- Deferred income
- ▲42%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £50.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Gripple Automation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P.M.S. Diecasting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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