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Company No. 01768840 · Incorporated 10 Nov 1983

PCT Healthcare Limited

Registered name: PCT HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Part of PCT Healthcare (Holdings) Limited group

PCT Healthcare Limited made £179m revenue and a £8m loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text

PCT Healthcare Limited’s revenue was £179m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £8m and 1,362 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Manchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47730Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Manchester, North West
Age
42 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. From the filing: “The company is a subsidiary of”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£179m
Growth ▲0.1%
Profit
−£8m
Growth —
Profit margin
−4.5%
Gross 28.2%
Employees
1,362
Change ▼6.5%
Profit / employee
−£5.8k
Revenue/employee £131k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202130 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 202430 Nov 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£131m£160m£182m£179m£179m
Cost of sales£89.9m£113m£130m£127m£128m
Gross profit£41m£46.4m£51.7m£51.6m£50.5m
Operating profit£4m−£5m−£4.2m−£6.2m−£8.5m
Profit before tax£4m−£5m−£4.4m−£6.2m−£8.6m
Profit after tax£2.5m−£5.2m−£4.5m−£6.7m−£8m
Profit (best available)£2.5m−£5.2m−£4.5m−£6.7m−£8m
Staff costs£23.7m£29.3m£32.5m£34.1m£35.2m
Employees (average)1,1931,3681,5081,4561,362
Ratios
Profit margin1.9%−3.3%−2.5%−3.8%−4.5%
Gross margin31.3%29%28.4%28.9%28.2%
Revenue per employee£110k£117k£121k£123k£131k
Profit per employee£2.1k−£3.8k−£3k−£4.6k−£5.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲22.1%▲14%▼1.8%▲0.1%
Profit growth—▼313%———
Headcount growth—▲14.7%▲10.2%▼3.5%▼6.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.6m£1.2m£3.5m£641k£3.7m
Net assets£40.4m£35.2m£30.7m£24m£6.3m
Fixed assets£41.7m£47.2m£42.2m£34.9m£29.3m
Current assets£61.9m£57.3m£64.7m£67.7m£32.7m
Debtors£7.6m£15.8m£14.7m£13.7m£15.2m
Deferred income——£856k£666k£1m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−4.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£131k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£5.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
16.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼74%
Now £6.3m
Cash at bank
▲476%
Now £3.7m
Headcount
▼6%
Now 1,362
Deferred income
▲57%
Now £1m
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £29.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. PCT Healthcare (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. PCT Healthcare Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (13)

Sister companies (6)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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