Picksons PLC
Registered name: PICKSONS PLC
Picksons PLC made £33.8m revenue and £644k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Picksons PLC’s revenue grew 9% to £33.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £644k profit and 206 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Chipping Sodbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chipping Sodbury, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.8m | £28.3m | £31m | £33.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £18.9m | £20.7m | £22.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £9.3m | £10.4m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | £745k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £615k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £830k |
| Profit after tax | £351k | £913k | £707k | £644k |
| Profit (best available) | £351k | £913k | £707k | £644k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 172 | 168 | 190 | 206 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 33% | 33.4% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £168k | £163k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £5.4k | £3.7k | £3.1k |
| Cash conversion | 57.4% | 95.9% | 91.1% | 37.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲9.8% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲159.9% | ▼22.6% | ▼8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲13.1% | ▲8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £40.2k | £53.5k | £288k | £115k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.8m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.1m | £5.1m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | £428k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £386k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 37.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £115k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 206
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Fleetwheel LimitedRev. £19.9m · Profit £449k
- CSD Friction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Farbex Refinish (UK) LtdFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £644k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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