PGR Timber Limited
Registered name: PGR TIMBER LIMITED
Part of PGR Enterprises Ltd groupPGR Timber Limited made £58.1m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
PGR Timber Limited’s revenue was £58.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.2m profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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: “PGR Enterprises Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.4m | £61.9m | £58.1m | £58.1m |
| Cost of sales | £39.3m | £41.3m | £38.3m | £38.9m |
| Gross profit | £19.1m | £20.6m | £19.8m | £19.2m |
| Operating profit | £7.7m | £8m | £6.6m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.7m | £8.1m | £6.8m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £6.1m | £6.5m | £5.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.1m | £6.5m | £5.1m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £6.9m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £7.8m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 147 | 146 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 33.3% | 34% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £387k | £421k | £398k | £377k |
| Profit per employee | £40.3k | £44.5k | £34.9k | £20.5k |
| Cash conversion | 75.4% | 98.4% | 82.2% | −145.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▼6.2% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼22.1% | ▼38.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▼0.7% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.1m | £8.6m | £6.6m | £7.9m |
| Net assets | £15.3m | £17.8m | £17.9m | £18.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £22.2m | £26m | £24.4m | £23.3m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £135k | £155k | £101k | — |
| Cash from operations | £5.8m | £7.9m | £5.5m | −£6.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £377k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −145.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £18.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £7.9m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PGR Enterprises Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- PGR Timber Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Connect Plumbing & Heating Supplies LtdRev. £16.4m · Profit £477k
- Laindon LtdRev. £4.9m · Profit £132k
- Laindon Properties LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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