Toughglaze (UK) Limited
Registered name: TOUGHGLAZE (UK) LIMITED
Toughglaze (UK) Limited made £16.1m revenue and £824k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Toughglaze (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £16.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £824k profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “During the year the company was under the control of its directors.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £17.1m | £17.8m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £13m | £13.6m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £199k | £577k | £435k | £530k |
| Profit before tax | £12.7k | £270k | £82.4k | £280k |
| Profit after tax | £278k | £7k | £753k | £824k |
| Profit (best available) | £278k | £7k | £753k | £824k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5.4m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 116 | 125 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 0% | 4.2% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 24% | 23.8% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £148k | £143k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £60 | £6k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | −639.9% | −84.1% | −72.2% | −172.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲4% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼97.5% | ▲10721% | ▲9.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.6% | ▲7.8% | ▼0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £549k | £630k | £201k | £243k |
| Net assets | −£3m | −£3m | −£2.2m | −£1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£485k | −£314k | −£912k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −172.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £243k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Toughglaze PLCFigures 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 May 2025 (profit £824k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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