Prior Power Solutions Limited
Registered name: PRIOR POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Gapton Partners Limited groupPrior Power Solutions Limited made £18.4m revenue and £655k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Prior Power Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £18.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £655k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Great Yarmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Great Yarmouth, East of England
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £15.4m | £15.5m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £12.2m | £12.1m | £13.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £93.6k | £320k | £389k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £930k | £114k | £219k | £895k |
| Profit after tax | £926k | £84.5k | £321k | £655k |
| Profit (best available) | £926k | £84.5k | £321k | £655k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 77 | 79 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 20.5% | 22.2% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £200k | £197k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £1.1k | £4.1k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | −2026% | −140.5% | 204.1% | 108.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲0.8% | ▲18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.9% | ▲279.2% | ▲104.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲2.6% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | −£757k | £257k | £166k | £201k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3m | £3.8m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£450k | £795k | £1.2m |
| Source | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2024 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Sep 2024 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Jul 2025 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 108.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £201k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £4.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gapton Partners Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Prior Power Solutions 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).
Similar profitable businesses
- Llanelec Precision Engineering Company LimitedNeath · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £18.7m
- Profit
- £3m
- Staff
- 72
- Hiden Analytical LimitedWarrington · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £18.8m
- Profit
- £3.9m
- Staff
- 110
- Tickhill Engineering Company LimitedDoncaster · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £18.9m
- Profit
- £2.3m
- Staff
- 113
- Applied Automation (UK) LimitedPlymouth · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £19.1m
- Profit
- £65.1k
- Staff
- 180
- Don Valley Engineering Company LimitedDoncaster · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £19.2m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 44
- Burtons Medical Equipment LimitedTonbridge · Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
- Revenue
- £19.5m
- Profit
- £979k
- Staff
- 110
Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £655k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.