Palico Limited
Registered name: PALICO LIMITED
Palico Limited made £116m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Palico Limited’s revenue was £116m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 2,745 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £117m | £115m | £115m | £116m |
| Cost of sales | −£90.3m | −£88m | −£88m | −£88.3m |
| Gross profit | £26.6m | £27.5m | £27.5m | £27.4m |
| Operating profit | £822k | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £191k | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £864k | £864k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £864k | £864k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 2,989 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,745 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 23.8% | 23.8% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.1k | £41.2k | £41.2k | £42.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£450 | £308 | £308 | £422 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | — | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲34.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | — | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £422
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 2,745
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hertford Heath LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hertford Heath Realty LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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