Pacegrade Limited
Registered name: PACEGRADE LIMITED
Pacegrade Limited made £16.6m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Pacegrade Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £3.4m profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Stourbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.4m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.4m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.2m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.5m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 20 | 24 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.3% | 20.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.4% | 41.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £473k | £720k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £48.9k | £149k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 38.3% | −87.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲45.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲191.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲20% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £140k | £2.3m | £1.1m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2.1m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £542k | £537k | £621k | £853k |
| Current assets | £989k | £5m | £7m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £38.4k | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £9k | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £524k | −£3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £720k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £149k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −87.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲151%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲276%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £853k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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