Precision Colour Printing Limited
Registered name: PRECISION COLOUR PRINTING LIMITED
Part of Precision Colour Media Ltd groupPrecision Colour Printing Limited made £27.9m revenue and £279k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2024.
Precision Colour Printing Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £27.9m in the year to 28 Dec 2024, with £279k profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- 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 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.5m | £27.9m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £14.4m | £12.7m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | £39k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | −£146k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | £279k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | £279k |
| Staff costs | £8.7m | £8.1m |
| Employees (average) | 202 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.1% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 45.8% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.4k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £589k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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 £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲203%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼46%
- Now £3.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Precision Colour Media Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Precision Colour Printing 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 28 Dec 2024 (profit £279k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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