Panaz Limited
Registered name: PANAZ LIMITED
Part of Panaz Group Ltd groupPanaz Limited made £20.2m revenue and £755k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Panaz Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £20.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £755k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles” and is based in Burnley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burnley, North West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 wholly owned subsidiary of Panaz Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate controlling party is Mr A J W Attard. The”
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) | £16.9m | £19.5m | £21m | £20.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £11m | £12.1m | — |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £8.5m | £8.9m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £755k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £755k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 92 | 94 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 43.6% | 42.4% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £195k | £212k | £224k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £16.8k | £13.2k | £12.3k | £7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲7.7% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.6% | ▼5% | ▼34.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲2.2% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.7m | £6.3m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £772k | £911k | £906k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £10m | £10m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £210k | £539k | £426k | £525k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £525k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Panaz Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Panaz Holdings Limited75–100%
- Panaz Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Chase Erwin LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Essential Soft Furnishings 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 Mar 2025 (profit £755k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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