Douglas Gillespie Plant Limited
Registered name: DOUGLAS GILLESPIE PLANT LIMITED
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupDouglas Gillespie Plant Limited made £11.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Douglas Gillespie Plant Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £13.1m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£7.8m | −£9.8m | −£8.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 42 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14% | 11.4% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 25% | 29% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £312k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £40.8k | £35.4k | £30.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▼14.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.5k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited50–75%
- Corpacq Group Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Holdings Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Midco Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Finance Limited75–100%
- Caledonia Materials Handling Limited75–100%
- Douglas Gillespie (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Douglas Gillespie Plant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lothian Mechanical Handling LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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