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Company No. 00300825 · Incorporated 16 May 1935

William Pears Limited

Registered name: WILLIAM PEARS LIMITED

Part of William Pears Group Limited group

William Pears Limited made £702k revenue and £422k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

William Pears Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £702k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £422k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection L · Real estate activitiesSIC 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
91 yrs · since 1935
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£702k
Growth ▲29.4%
Profit
£422k
Growth ▼24.8%
Profit margin
60.1%
Gross 59.8%
Employees
3
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£141k
Revenue/employee £234k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£626k£1.7m£542k£702k
Cost of sales£119k£256k£180k£282k
Gross profit£507k£1.4m£362k£420k
Operating profit£465k£1.4m£311k£377k
Profit before tax£595k£1.6m£346k£447k
Profit after tax£616k£1.4m£561k£422k
Profit (best available)£616k£1.4m£561k£422k
Employees (average)3333
Ratios
Profit margin98.5%81%103.5%60.1%
Gross margin81%84.8%66.7%59.8%
Revenue per employee£209k£561k£181k£234k
Profit per employee£205k£455k£187k£141k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲169.1%▼67.8%▲29.4%
Profit growth—▲121.4%▼58.9%▼24.8%
Headcount growth—0%0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£56.3k£74.2k£68.8k£72.6k
Net assets£5m£869k£1.4m£1.9m
Current assets£7.5m£3.6m£2.9m£4m
Debtors£6.7m£2.8m£2.2m£3.3m
Deferred income£153k£168k£143k£165k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
60.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
59.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£234k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£141k
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
23.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
464.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲30%
Now £1.9m
Cash at bank
▲6%
Now £72.6k
Headcount
0%
Now 3
Deferred income
▲15%
Now £165k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
  3. William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
  4. William Pears Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (30)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £422k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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