Pubs Limited
Registered name: PUBS LIMITED
Pubs Limited made £4m revenue and £155k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Pubs Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £155k profit and 142 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.5m | £4m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£286k | −£556k | £129k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£222k | −£548k | £155k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£222k | −£548k | £155k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 224 | 143 | 142 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −6.3% | −13.7% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 66.5% | 67.2% | 70.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £15.6k | £28k | £28.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£989 | −£3.8k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲14.4% | ▲0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲68.4% | ▼36.2% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £206k | £176k | £157k | £297k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5.5m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £525k | £558k | £592k | £725k |
| Debtors | £225k | £290k | £316k | £332k |
| Deferred income | — | £64.3k | £0 | £3.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £45.6k | £132k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 129.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲89%
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £5.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £155k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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