National Pharmacy Association Limited
Registered name: NATIONAL PHARMACY ASSOCIATION LIMITED
National Pharmacy Association Limited made £21.8m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
National Pharmacy Association Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £21.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “activities of business and employers membership organizations” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans, East of England
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £19.3m | £21.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.6m | −£9.5m | −£10.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £9.8m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | −£266k | £659k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 145 | 147 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −10.9% | 5.6% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.2% | 50.8% | 52.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £133k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£13k | £7.4k | £14.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲98.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Askyourpharmacist LimitedFigures not disclosed
- National Pharmaceutical Association LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Npa Insurance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Npa Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Npanet LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026