Pce Automation Limited
Registered name: PCE AUTOMATION LIMITED
Part of Pce Group Limited groupPce Automation Limited made £29.2m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pce Automation Limited’s revenue grew 96% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 181 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Beccles; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beccles, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “PCE Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £17.4m | £14.9m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £13.2m | £11.6m | £22.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £4.1m | £3.3m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | −£133k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | −£160k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £31.8k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £31.8k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £8.8m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 127 | 141 | 181 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9% | 7.9% | 0.2% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 23.9% | 21.9% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £137k | £106k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £10.8k | £226 | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.4% | ▼14.3% | ▲95.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼97.7% | ▲3162% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.5% | ▲11% | ▲28.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.5m | £5.6m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £8.7m | £10.1m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £481k | £486k | £412k | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 181
- Deferred income
- ▲148%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £5.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pce Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pce Automation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- DB Automation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Olmec - UK LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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