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Company No. 00685303 · Incorporated 3 Mar 1961

Portakabin Limited

Registered name: PORTAKABIN LIMITED

Part of Pacific Topco Limited group

Portakabin Limited made £516m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Portakabin Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £516m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 2,246 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.SIC 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
York, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
65 yrs · since 1961
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 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£516m
Growth ▼16.6%
Profit
£4.8m
Growth ▼79.8%
Profit margin
0.9%
 
Employees
2,246
Change ▲1.2%
Profit / employee
£2.1k
Revenue/employee £230k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£476m£619m£516m
Operating profit£90.9m£68.9m£53m
Profit before tax£80.2m£37.2m£9.6m
Profit after tax£59.1m£23.8m£4.8m
Profit (best available)£59.1m£23.8m£4.8m
Employees (average)2,1102,2202,246
Ratios
Profit margin12.4%3.8%0.9%
Revenue per employee£226k£279k£230k
Profit per employee£28k£10.7k£2.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲30%▼16.6%
Profit growth—▼59.8%▼79.8%
Headcount growth—▲5.2%▲1.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£230k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.1k
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.
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲1%
Now 2,246
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Pacific Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Pacific Holdco Limited75–100%
  3. Pacific Bidco Limited75–100%
  4. Portakabin Holdco Limited75–100%
  5. Portakabin Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (7)

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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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