PPT Group UK Ltd
Registered name: PPT GROUP UK LTD
Part of SK PPT Management Ltd groupPPT Group UK Ltd made £27.8m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
PPT Group UK Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £27.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Halifax; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 80 yrs · since 1946
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £23.2m | £23.7m | £23.7m | £27.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £10.5m | £10.7m | −£10.7m | −£12.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.5m | £12.7m | £13m | £13m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £7.8m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 182 | 165 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 18.3% | 14.4% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 14% |
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 54.7% | 54.8% | 54.8% | 54.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £127k | £143k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £18.4k | £18.9k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲2% | — | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.5% | ▼6.8% | — | ▲24.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼9.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £596k | £991k | — | — |
| Net assets | £21.6m | £24.9m | £28m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £30.9m | £33.4m | £31.6m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £841k | £335k | £802k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SK PPT Management Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- BV PPT Holdings Ltd.75–100%
- Physical Properties Testing Ltd.75–100%
- PPT Group UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mecmesin LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £46k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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