GFW Holdings Limited
Registered name: GFW HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of GFW Pinnacle Limited groupGFW Holdings Limited made £0 revenue and £501k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
GFW Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £501k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Darwen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darwen, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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. From the filing: “The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of GFW Group Limited. The immediate parent undertaking is GFW Group Limited. The Company’s ultimate controlling party is”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £14.3m | £15.8m | — |
| Gross profit | — | £5.2m | £5.3m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £2.9m | £2.8m | £0 |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4.6m | £501k |
| Profit after tax | −£4k | £762k | £4.6m | £501k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4k | £762k | £4.6m | £501k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 3.9% | 21.6% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 26.5% | 25% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £9.3m | £9.7m | £10.6m | £0 |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | £381k | £2.3m | £501k |
| Cash conversion | — | −164% | −16.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲8.6% | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲498.2% | ▼89% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | −£437k | £677k | £24.9k | — |
| Net assets | — | £1k | £1.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £1k | £1k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £220k |
| Deferred income | £4k | £4.5k | £4.5k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £441k | −£4.8m | −£445k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £501k
- 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
- ▼50%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- GFW LimitedRev. £26.6m · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £501k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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