Porthia Group Limited
Registered name: PORTHIA GROUP LIMITED
Porthia Group Limited made £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Porthia Group Limited reported £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 24% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 1 employee. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in ST. Ives; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Ives, South West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £17.2m | £20.8m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £11.9m | £13.4m | £14.7m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £5.3m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.4m | £3.1m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £80.7k | £84k | £82.5k |
| Employees (average) | 472 | 460 | 506 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 30.7% | 35.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £31.6k | £37.3k | £41.1k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £4.1k | £4.2k | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲21.2% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64% | ▲13.5% | ▲8.5% | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▲10% | ▼99.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £225k | £180k | £182k | £504k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £25.7m | £27.6m | £29.8m | £31.4m |
| Fixed assets | £22.3m | £39m | £39.4m | £39.3m | £39.1m |
| Current assets | £241k | £560k | £1.3m | £2.6m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3k | £134 | £1.3k | £19.8k | £25.7k |
| Deferred income | £152k | £25.7k | £35.5k | £36.1k | £14.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £31.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲138%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼60%
- Now £14.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £39.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Cornwallis Care Services Ltd.Rev. £23.5m · Profit £1.4m
- Cornwallis Care Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Porthia Land Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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