GPS Marine and Civil Services Ltd
Registered name: GPS MARINE AND CIVIL SERVICES LTD
Part of GPS Macs Holdings Ltd groupGPS Marine and Civil Services Ltd made £15.9m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
GPS Marine and Civil Services Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £15.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Rochester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochester, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £20.7m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £18.5m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.1m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £813k | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £813k | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £936k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.9% | 16.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 10.4% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £73.9k | £198k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼23% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲216% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲300% | ▲37.5% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £370k | £350k | — | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.3m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.3k | £178k | £636k | £590k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £4.2m | £7.2m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £473k | £1.6m | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £198k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- 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
- ▲82%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £590k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GPS Macs Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- GPS Marine and Civil Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Land & Sea Uxo Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M&C Plant Hire LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tilt Engineering and Design LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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