Greenmill Supply Company Limited
Registered name: GREENMILL SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Greenmill Group Limited groupGreenmill Supply Company Limited made £44.9m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Greenmill Supply Company Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £44.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “The Parent Company of Greenmill Supply Company Limited is Greenmill Holdings Limited, however the ultimate parent Company is Greenmill Group Limited, a Company incorporated in England and Wales, which”
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.3m | £36.8m | £38.3m | £44.9m |
| Cost of sales | £23m | £26.6m | −£27.7m | −£32.6m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £10.2m | £10.6m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £4m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £4m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £3m | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £3m | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 61 | 107 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.4% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 27.7% | 27.6% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £687k | £603k | £358k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | £85.2k | £49.8k | £25.6k | £26.5k |
| Cash conversion | −81.5% | −114.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲4% | ▲17.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.1% | ▼9.9% | ▲27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.8% | ▲75.4% | ▲23.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £6.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £381k | £2.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £13m | — | — |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £5.9m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £645k | £1.3m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.9m | −£4.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Greenmill Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Greenmill Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Greenmill Supply Company 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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