Pitacs Limited
Registered name: PITACS LIMITED
Pitacs Limited made £53.5m revenue and a £476k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pitacs Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £53.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £476k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £54.9m | £59.3m | £54.4m | £53.5m |
| Cost of sales | £48m | £52.7m | £48.3m | £47.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £6.7m | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £406k | £541k | £272k |
| Profit before tax | £674k | −£395k | −£198k | −£467k |
| Profit after tax | £545k | −£322k | −£129k | −£476k |
| Profit (best available) | £545k | −£322k | −£129k | −£476k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 101 | 97 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | −0.5% | −0.2% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £587k | £561k | £608k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | −£3.2k | −£1.3k | −£5.4k |
| Cash conversion | −58.9% | −543.6% | −210.1% | 375.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▼8.3% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼159.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼4% | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £198k | £143k | £90.7k | £101k |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £8.9m | £8.7m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £327k | £300k | £582k | £549k |
| Current assets | £30m | £30.7m | £31.1m | £32.4m |
| Debtors | £9.7m | £10.8m | £13.6m | £14.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £649k |
| Cash from operations | −£744k | −£2.2m | −£1.1m | £1m |
| 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
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £608k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 375.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.3%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £101k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £649k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £549k
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£476k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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