The Greenhouse People Ltd
Registered name: THE GREENHOUSE PEOPLE LTD
The Greenhouse People Ltd made £32.2m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Greenhouse People Ltd’s revenue grew 14% to £32.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 170 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “TGP Holdings Limited is regarded as this company's ultimate controlling party by virtue of its 100% shareholding.”
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) | £31.6m | £26.2m | £28.2m | £32.2m |
| Cost of sales | £13.2m | £10.2m | £11.1m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £18.4m | £16m | £17.1m | £19.3m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £3.8m | £4.8m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £5.4m | £4.1m | £5m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £6.7m | £7m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 206 | 182 | 196 | 170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% | 14.9% |
| Gross margin | 58.2% | 61% | 60.7% | 59.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £144k | £144k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | £21.8k | £17.5k | £19k | £28.2k |
| Cash conversion | −42.2% | −158.3% | −147.7% | −107% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17% | ▲7.7% | ▲14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29% | ▲16.6% | ▲29.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.7% | ▲7.7% | ▼13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £9.9m | £7.4m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £11.7m | £10.2m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £292k | £303k | £496k | £200k |
| Deferred income | £108k | £106k | £274k | £128k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£6m | −£7.1m | −£6.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −107%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 170
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £128k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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