GLIDE STUDENT & RESIDENTIAL LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
-49.1% vs 2025
Net assets
-£42m
-23.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
221
-3.9% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£7.8m
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications 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 | £27,975,000 | £29,096,000 | £29,216,000 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £10,009,000 | -£7,439,000 | -£7,706,000 | -3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,345,000 | -£7,586,000 | -£7,845,000 | -3.4% | |
| Net profit | -£5,345,000 | -£7,739,000 | -£7,939,000 | -2.6% | |
| Cash | £1,671,000 | £3,370,000 | £1,716,000 | -49.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,276,000 | £72,712,000 | £67,624,000 | -7% | |
| Net assets | -£25,878,000 | -£33,617,000 | -£41,556,000 | -23.6% | |
| Equity | -£25,878,000 | -£33,617,000 | -£41,556,000 | -23.6% | |
| Average employees | 206 | 230 | 221 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £11,439,000 | £12,400,000 | £11,713,000 | -5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £353,000 | £688,000 | £426,000 | -38.1% |
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 | 35.8% | -25.6% | -26.4% | |
| Net margin | -19.1% | -26.6% | -27.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | -10.2% | -11.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 129.4% | 138.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.64x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 69.51x | -50.61x | -55.44x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- GLIDE STUDENT & RESIDENTIAL LIMITED 2018-11-29 → present
- CABLECOM NETWORKING LIMITED 1998-08-05 → 2018-11-29
- C J ELECTRICAL LIMITED 1996-04-19 → 1998-08-05
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”
Group structure
- GLIDE STUDENT & RESIDENTIAL LIMITED · parent
- Glide Utilities Limited 100%
- Glide 2 Limited 100%
- G2 Voice Limited 100%
- Glide Business Limited 100%
- Glide Fibre Limited 100%
- Velocity1 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has guaranteed bank borrowing of other companies in the Glide Group. At the year end the liabilities covered by these guarantees totalled £152,200,000 (2025 £136,712,000)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENOIT, Paula Marson | Director | 2023-07-17 | Apr 1970 | British |
| PILCHER, Timothy James | Director | 2015-02-27 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCHFIELD, Mark Ashley | Secretary | 2009-05-20 | 2009-10-01 |
| COLLISS, Lee James | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| ELLIOTT, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2005-01-31 |
| ELLIOTT, William John | Secretary | 1996-05-14 | 2000-04-28 |
| GREEN, Steven David | Secretary | 2005-02-01 | 2007-05-11 |
| MAYNARD, Andrew | Secretary | 2007-05-11 | 2009-05-20 |
| L.O. NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-19 | 1996-05-14 |
| BANDELE, Ifagbemi Ajani | Director | 2002-05-10 | 2004-01-12 |
| BATES, Christopher | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2023-02-24 |
| BRAZIEL, Meri Beth | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2021-11-29 |
| BURCHFIELD, Mark Ashley | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2020-05-31 |
| COLLISS, Lee James | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher John | Director | 1996-05-14 | 2007-05-11 |
| ELLIOTT, William John | Director | 1996-05-14 | 2000-04-28 |
| KAN, Paul | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2017-11-29 |
| MAYNARD, Andrew | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2009-05-20 |
| MORRIS, Paul David | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2014-02-10 |
| THOMAS, Rhys Matthew | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2018-06-27 |
| TINDALL-DOMAN, Zoe | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2021-02-26 |
| WILLIAMSON, Ian | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2013-10-25 |
| L.O.DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-19 | 1996-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Midco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-07 | Active |
| Glide Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | 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 | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | 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 | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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.