David Pluck (North West) Limited
Registered name: DAVID PLUCK (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
David Pluck (North West) Limited made £19.4m revenue and £4.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
David Pluck (North West) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.6m profit and 132 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr D L Pluck by virtue of his majority shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £18.1m | £20.6m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £12.3m | £14.7m | £16.7m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £4.4m | £6m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £4.5m | £6.2m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 145 | 140 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 23.5% |
| Gross margin | 80.5% | 80.8% | 81.1% | 80.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £125k | £147k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £22.9k | £24.5k | £31.1k | £34.6k |
| Cash conversion | −127.3% | −125.3% | −119.3% | −121.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▲13.7% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲22.6% | ▲4.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼3.5% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £3.8m | £5m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £9.9m | £10.5m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £7.5m | £7.7m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £5.2m | £6.6m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £121k | £114k | £98.8k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.6m | −£5.5m | −£7.1m | −£5.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 54.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £104k
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £10.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- David Pluck Investments 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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