Portland Stone Firms Limited
Registered name: PORTLAND STONE FIRMS LIMITED
Portland Stone Firms Limited made £4.2m revenue and £413k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Portland Stone Firms Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £413k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Portland; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portland, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £4.6m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £532k | £74.2k | £59.3k |
| Profit before tax | — | £523k | £49k | £522k |
| Profit after tax | −£442k | £523k | £49.7k | £413k |
| Profit (best available) | −£442k | £523k | £49.7k | £413k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 69 | 59 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12% | 11.3% | 1.2% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.3% | 31.4% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.2k | £67k | £70.1k | £73k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.4k | £7.6k | £843 | £7.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 161.3% | −675.8% | −728% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26% | ▼10.5% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼90.5% | ▲730.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15% | ▼14.5% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £275k | £679k | £203k | £317k |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £7.6m | £8.8m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £7.5m | £7.2m | £8.8m | £8.9m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £555k | £689k | £789k | £975k |
| Deferred income | — | £280k | £212k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £859k | −£501k | −£432k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −728%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 211.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲56%
- Now £317k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £8.9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cladding Consultants (UK) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £413k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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