Progressive Systems Limited
Registered name: PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Techumbre Limited groupProgressive Systems Limited made £20.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Progressive Systems Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £20.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.4m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “roofing activities” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- 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. From the filing: “Techumbre Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £17m | £19.2m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £13m | £14.1m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4m | £5.1m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £658k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £621k | £1m | £1m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £505k | £973k | £798k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £505k | £973k | £798k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.9m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 51 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 23.3% | 26.6% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £417k | £333k | £338k | £377k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £19.1k | £14k | £26.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▲13.5% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲92.7% | ▼17.9% | ▲79.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲11.8% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £374k | £384k | £318k | £663k |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £7.5m | £7.1m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £377k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲108%
- Now £663k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Techumbre Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Progressive Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Progressive Holdings 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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