Glid Wind Farms Topco Limited
Registered name: GLID WIND FARMS TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Macquarie International Limited groupGlid Wind Farms Topco Limited made £108m revenue and £39.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Glid Wind Farms Topco Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £108m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £39.7m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £94.6m | £94.5m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | −£34.2m | −£37m | −£37.9m |
| Gross profit | £60.3m | £57.5m | £70.5m |
| Operating profit | £50.3m | £47.9m | £61.1m |
| Profit before tax | £40m | £39.4m | £54.3m |
| Profit after tax | £29.8m | £28.5m | £39.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £29.8m | £28.5m | £39.7m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 31.5% | 30.2% | 36.6% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 60.9% | 65.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲39% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 36.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- 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
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- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Macquarie International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Investments Limited75–100%
- Mgref 1 GP Limited75–100%
- UK Green Investment Lid Limited50–75%
- Glid Wind Farms Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Inner Dowsing Wind Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lynn Wind Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £39.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026