PRS Distribution Limited
Registered name: PRS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
PRS Distribution Limited made £7.8m revenue and a £258k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
PRS Distribution Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £258k and 64 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in West Drayton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Drayton, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 30 Sep 2021 | 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) | £16.1m | £22.1m | £9.9m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £13.4m | £7.4m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £8.7m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £737k | −£195k | −£429k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £343k | −£509k | −£648k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £84.8k | −£725k | −£258k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £84.8k | −£725k | −£258k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £6.1m | £3.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 103 | 79 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 0.4% | −7.3% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 39.3% | 24.8% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £215k | £125k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £823 | −£9.2k | −£4k |
| Cash conversion | −263.8% | −425.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼20.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼19% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £66.2k | £5.3k | £11.2k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £4.1m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.5m | £6.8m | £4.1m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £5.4m | £5.7m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £947k |
| Deferred income | — | £612k | £19.4k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£3.1m | −£708k | −£362k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £11.2k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼38%
- Now £2.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£258k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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