The Practice Loan Company PLC
Registered name: THE PRACTICE LOAN COMPANY PLC
The Practice Loan Company PLC made £1.1m revenue and a £40.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
The Practice Loan Company PLC’s revenue fell 16% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £40.7k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £1m | £873k | £741k |
| Gross profit | £264k | £622k | £420k | £347k |
| Operating profit | £35.1k | £312k | £33.4k | −£40k |
| Profit before tax | £33.6k | £311k | £28.5k | −£45.7k |
| Profit after tax | £25.7k | £228k | £20.3k | −£40.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.7k | £228k | £20.3k | −£40.7k |
| Staff costs | £104k | £121k | £192k | £202k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 14% | 1.6% | −3.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 38.2% | 32.5% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £543k | £431k | £363k |
| Profit per employee | — | £76.1k | £6.8k | −£13.6k |
| Cash conversion | 390.1% | 39.2% | 313.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.5% | ▼20.6% | ▼15.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲786.4% | ▼91.1% | ▼300% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £115k | £174k | £143k | £81.2k |
| Net assets | £115k | £318k | £338k | £297k |
| Fixed assets | £43.5k | £56.4k | £136k | £99.9k |
| Current assets | £141k | £397k | £359k | £361k |
| Debtors | £25.6k | £32.8k | £27.3k | £49.5k |
| Deferred income | £8.8k | £8.8k | £8.8k | £8.8k |
| Cash from operations | £137k | £122k | £105k | −£26.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £363k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £297k
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £81.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £8.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £99.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£40.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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