Pressdram Limited
Registered name: PRESSDRAM LIMITED
Part of The Private Eye Trust Limited groupPressdram Limited made £11m revenue and £309k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Pressdram Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £11m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £309k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 64 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.8m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.4m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.4m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £65.1k | £133k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £89.2k | £168k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£74.2k | £309k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£74.2k | £309k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.7% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 31.4% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £566k | £548k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£3.9k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −309.9% | 35.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.8% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £654k | £728k | £426k | £437k |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £600k | £493k | £572k | £586k |
| Deferred income | £5.9m | £6.1m | £6.7m | £8.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£202k | £48k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £548k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 35.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 74.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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 £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £437k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £8.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Private Eye Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pressdram Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- P.e. Distributions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Private Eye Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £309k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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