Guide Association Trading Service Limited
Registered name: GUIDE ASSOCIATION TRADING SERVICE LIMITED
Guide Association Trading Service Limited made £8.3m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Guide Association Trading Service Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.2m profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £7.9m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.9m | −£3.7m | −£3.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29% | 25.2% | 26.6% |
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 53.1% | 58.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▲12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.9%
- 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 —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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