Praybourne Limited
Registered name: PRAYBOURNE LIMITED
Praybourne Limited made £10.5m revenue and £688k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Praybourne Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £688k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories” and is based in Broomhall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Broomhall, West Midlands
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £10.7m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £7.6m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £927k |
| Profit after tax | £892k | £793k | £688k |
| Profit (best available) | £892k | £793k | £688k |
| Staff costs | £770k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 27 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 7.4% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 29.5% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £411k | £397k | £351k |
| Profit per employee | £35.7k | £29.4k | £22.9k |
| Cash conversion | −87.3% | −145.3% | −50.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11% | ▼13.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £352k | £74.3k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £64.6k | £132k | £670k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £6.6m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £30.6k | £43.1k | £215k |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£1.7m | −£535k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £351k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −50.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £74.3k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲400%
- Now £215k
- Fixed assets
- ▲409%
- Now £670k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £688k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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