Pimlico Plumbers Limited
Registered name: PIMLICO PLUMBERS LIMITED
Part of Neighbourly Brands Limited groupPimlico Plumbers Limited made £41.9m revenue and £644k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Pimlico Plumbers Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £41.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £644k profit and 142 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Brackley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brackley, East Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.7m | £41.9m |
| Cost of sales | £31m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | £17.7m | £17.7m |
| Operating profit | £712k | £511k |
| Profit before tax | £656k | £260k |
| Profit after tax | £228k | £644k |
| Profit (best available) | £228k | £644k |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 142 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 42.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £343k | £295k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲182.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £89m | £86.9m |
| Debtors | £568k | £447k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £967k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £295k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £967k
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £4.8m
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
- Neighbourly Brands Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pimlico Group Limited75–100%
- Pimlico Holdco Limited75–100%
- Pimlico Plumbers 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £644k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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