Gorilla Glue Europe Limited
Registered name: GORILLA GLUE EUROPE LIMITED
Gorilla Glue Europe Limited made £40.8m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Gorilla Glue Europe Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £40.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.6m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 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) | £33.6m | £37.1m | £36.2m | £40.8m |
| Cost of sales | £19.5m | £24.3m | £23.7m | £25.4m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £12.8m | £12.5m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.9m | £4.6m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 8.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 34.4% | 34.5% | 37.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £487k | £538k | £525k | £591k |
| Profit per employee | £59.7k | £19.4k | £19.1k | £51.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼2.4% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.4% | ▼1.6% | ▲171% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.2m | £2.7m | £4m |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £14.5m | £15.5m | £18.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £591k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.8k
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £18.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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