Guide Dogs UK Limited
Registered name: GUIDE DOGS UK LIMITED
Part of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(The) groupGuide Dogs UK Limited made £72.8k revenue and £3.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Guide Dogs UK Limited’s revenue fell 99% to £72.8k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.6k profit. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Reading; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £6.3m | £72.8k |
| Cost of sales | −£5.1m | −£5.9m | −£17.4k |
| Gross profit | £310k | £338k | £55.3k |
| Operating profit | £252k | £287k | £3.6k |
| Profit before tax | £252k | £287k | £3.6k |
| Profit after tax | £252k | £287k | £3.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £252k | £287k | £3.6k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 4.6% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 5.7% | 5.4% | 76% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16% | ▼98.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▼98.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- Guide Dogs UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Trading Company) Limited(The)Rev. £560k · Profit £243k
- Blind Children UKFigures not disclosed
- Gdba (Pension Fund Trustee) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gdba Community Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Guide Dogs LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026