Robert Pochin Limited
Registered name: ROBERT POCHIN LIMITED
Part of Robert Pochin Holdings Limited groupRobert Pochin Limited made £61.4m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Robert Pochin Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £61.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 172 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 104 yrs · since 1922
- 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. From the filing: “Robert Pochin Holdings Limited”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.9m | £57m | £57.4m | £61.4m |
| Cost of sales | £40.9m | £47.2m | £47.2m | £50.8m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £9.8m | £10.2m | £10.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £2.8m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6.7m | £7.3m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 154 | 162 | 172 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 17.2% | 17.7% | 17.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £361k | £370k | £354k | £357k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £13.8k | £11.5k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▲0.8% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.5% | ▼12.4% | ▼29.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲5.2% | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.8k | £242k | £307k | £164k |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £9.3m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £17.4m | £16.7m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £7.1m | £6m | £6.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £357k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £164k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 172
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Robert Pochin Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Robert Pochin Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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