Pearce Signs Limited
Registered name: PEARCE SIGNS LIMITED
Pearce Signs Limited made £18.4m revenue and £841k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Pearce Signs Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £18.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £841k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £11.6m | £15m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £7.6m | £9m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4m | £5.9m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £492k | £742k | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £475k | £666k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £431k | £577k | £1m | £841k |
| Profit (best available) | £431k | £577k | £1m | £841k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 75 | 78 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 5% | 6.8% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 33% | 34.2% | 39.7% | 35.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £155k | £192k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £7.7k | £13.1k | £10.1k |
| Cash conversion | −136.8% | −110.4% | 82.6% | 15.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲28.9% | ▲22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲77.1% | ▼17.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4% | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £148k | £197k | £271k | £209k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £520k | £580k | £780k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £609k | £499k | £544k | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£673k | −£818k | £1.1m | £202k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 15.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £209k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲132%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲59%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £841k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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