Pecan
Registered name: PECAN
Pecan made £1.8m revenue and £26.1k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Pecan’s revenue grew 4% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £26.1k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other social work activities without accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£871 | −£18.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£871 | £26.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£871 | £26.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£871 | £26.1k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £46.2k | £53.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£23 | £768 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £497k | £416k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £925k | £959k |
| Current assets | £607k | £654k |
| Debtors | £34.9k | £106k |
| Deferred income | £166k | £145k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £768
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £416k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £145k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £959k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £26.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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