Pascall + Watson Limited
Registered name: PASCALL + WATSON LIMITED
Part of Roots Group UK Limited groupPascall + Watson Limited made £35.2m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pascall + Watson Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £35.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 245 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.9m | £33m | £35.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24.7m | £25.2m | £25.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.9m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £550k | £2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £481k | £2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £345k | £1.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £345k | £1.3m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £12.1m | £15.1m | £16.9m |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 225 | 245 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 3.9% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 23.8% | 26.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £147k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £5.7k | £10.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲270.1% | ▲102.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.3% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £6.4m | £7.4m |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £12.1m | £13.6m |
| Fixed assets | £709k | £835k | £794k |
| Current assets | £18.5m | £19.3m | £23.5m |
| Debtors | £7.4m | £6.9m | £8.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.9%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £13.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £7.4m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 245
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £4.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £794k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Roots Group UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Areen Design Limited75–100%
- Pascall + Watson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Richmond Designs 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 £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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