Pritchard-Gordon Tankers Limited
Registered name: PRITCHARD-GORDON TANKERS LIMITED
Part of Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon & Co. Limited groupPritchard-Gordon Tankers Limited made £40.5m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Pritchard-Gordon Tankers Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £40.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.7m profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Haywards Heath; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haywards Heath, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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: “Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon (Shipowning) 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 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.6m | £39.9m | £40.5m |
| Cost of sales | £22.6m | £21.9m | £25m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £18m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £7.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £6.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £6.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £6.1m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 96 | 103 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 15.2% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 45.2% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £387k | £416k | £393k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £63.1k | £16.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲277.3% | ▼71.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £15.3m | £9.4m | £15.8m |
| Net assets | £78.4m | £92.9m | £100m |
| Fixed assets | £79.9m | £94.3m | £121m |
| Current assets | £36.3m | £32m | £40.2m |
| Debtors | £266k | £1.3m | £9.5k |
| Deferred income | £4m | £4.4m | £3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £393k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 298.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £100m
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £15.8m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £3.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £121m
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
- Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon & Co. Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Giles W Pritchard-Gordon (Shipowning) Limited75–100%
- Pritchard-Gordon Tankers 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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