GLIDE BUSINESS LIMITED
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Cash
£636k
-35.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£8.5m
+18.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
-14.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.2m
-23.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,695,000 | £10,032,000 | £10,062,000 | +0.3% | |
| Operating profit | £552,000 | £2,833,000 | £2,165,000 | -23.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £552,000 | £2,833,000 | £2,165,000 | -23.6% | |
| Net profit | £461,000 | £3,079,000 | £1,345,000 | -56.3% | |
| Cash | £475,000 | £984,000 | £636,000 | -35.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,548,000 | £18,926,000 | £17,849,000 | -5.7% | |
| Net assets | £4,122,000 | £7,201,000 | £8,546,000 | +18.7% | |
| Equity | £4,122,000 | £7,201,000 | £8,546,000 | +18.7% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 56 | 48 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £3,168,000 | £2,729,000 | £2,349,000 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 28.2% | 21.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 30.7% | 13.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 15.0% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.47x | 1.68x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GLIDE BUSINESS LIMITED 2018-11-29 → present
- WARWICKNET LIMITED 2008-01-31 → 2018-11-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK AUDIT LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the Company and the Group have more than adequate resources to continue investing and growing for the foreseeable future and no material uncertainty in relation to going concern exists Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts”
Significant events
- “In the prior year, the Group refinanced existing facilities, securing a new five-year facility with better commercials”
- “within the year our head office relocated from Kenn, Clevedon to our central Birmingham office, reflective of where the majority of our employees are based”
- “In line with our strategy, our 'Fibre Cities' program now connects 331 MDU locations directly onto our network We now have a total of 2,601km of fibre assets We have now completed Cardiff, Exeter, Reading, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Southampton, with Leicester and Swansea delivered in year, initial boroughs of London in flight and Newcastle planned for 2026”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENOIT, Paula Marson | Director | 2023-07-17 | Apr 1970 | British |
| PILCHER, Timothy James | Director | 2016-12-16 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Ben | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2020-05-31 |
| WHITAKER, Anne Michelle | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2008-01-31 |
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2023-02-24 |
| BEZZANT, John William | Director | 2016-05-09 | 2017-10-31 |
| BRAZIEL, Meri Beth | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2021-11-29 |
| BURCHFIELD, Mark Ashley | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2020-05-31 |
| CRAIG, Alexander | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2013-08-31 |
| EARNSHAW, Jonathan Penn | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2017-05-24 |
| GLENDINNING, Steven Edward | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| KING, Ben | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2020-05-31 |
| MALIK, Alan | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2009-01-31 |
| TINDALL-DOMAN, Zoe | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2021-02-26 |
| WHITAKER, Anne Michelle | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2008-01-31 |
| WHITAKER, Robert Alston | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2008-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glide Student & Residential Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.