Pes Group Limited
Registered name: PES GROUP LIMITED
Part of Westbank Group Limited groupPes Group Limited made £24.8m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Pes Group Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £24.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.2m profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £22.5m | £23.8m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £16.3m | £18.7m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6.2m | £5.1m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3.1m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 38 | 37 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.5% | 10.8% | 6.1% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 27.4% | 21.3% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £540k | £591k | £643k | £621k |
| Profit per employee | £72.8k | £63.8k | £39.5k | £55k |
| Cash conversion | −45.4% | −65.8% | 166.1% | 55.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | ▲5.9% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5% | ▼39.7% | ▲50.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▼2.6% | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.7m | £200k | −£293k |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £8.4m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £330k | £393k | £205k | £95.9k |
| Current assets | £11m | £12.5m | £8.7m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £4m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £952k | £961k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£2m | £3.3m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data May 2026 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £621k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 55.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼247%
- Now −£293k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £95.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Westbank Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pes Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Parkelect LimitedRev. £29.9m · Profit £6.8m
- Remtech Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Underwoods Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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