GFW Limited
Registered name: GFW LIMITED
Part of GFW Pinnacle Limited groupGFW Limited made £26.6m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
GFW Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £26.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £2.3m profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Darwen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darwen, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £19.5m | £21.1m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £14.3m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £3m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £741k | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £681k | £2.5m | −£109k | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £548k | £1.9m | −£739k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £548k | £1.9m | −£739k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 48 | 52 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 9.8% | −3.5% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 26.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £403k | £406k | £406k | £492k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £39.8k | −£14.2k | £42.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲8.6% | ▲25.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲248.7% | ▼138.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲8.3% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £138k | £654k | £24.9k | £15.1k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £7.1m | £1.8m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.3m | £276k | £354k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £8.2m | £10.2m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £2.8m | £4.2m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £462k | £723k | £711k | £669k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £492k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.9%
- 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
- ▲101%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £15.1k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £669k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £354k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GFW Pinnacle Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GFW Group Limited75–100%
- GFW Holdings Limited75–100%
- GFW Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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