P P S Commercials Limited
Registered name: P P S COMMERCIALS LIMITED
Part of R S Commercials Holdings Limited groupP P S Commercials Limited made £23.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P P S Commercials Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £23.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £25.6m | £29.2m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £18.7m | £20.2m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £7m | £9m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2.9m | £4.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.8m | £4.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.7m | £6.4m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 130 | 138 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 10% | 11.3% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 27.2% | 30.7% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £197k | £212k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £10.9k | £19.7k | £24k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | −75.1% | −96.2% | −100.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲13.9% | ▼19% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲84.4% | ▲29.1% | ▼59.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▲6.2% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7k | £3.4k | £1.8m | £796k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £4m | £6.9m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £607k | £1m | £1m | £918k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8.6m | £11.1m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £359k | £631k | £532k | £433k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£2.8m | −£4.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £796k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £433k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £918k
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
- R S Commercials Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- P P S Commercials 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 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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