Preconomy Limited
Registered name: PRECONOMY LIMITED
Preconomy Limited made £12.2m revenue and £472k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Preconomy Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £472k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tools” and is based in Mansfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Mansfield, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 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) | £13.7m | £14.3m | £13m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £10.5m | £9.9m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £712k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.1m | £632k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.5m | £864k | £472k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.5m | £864k | £472k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 58 | 62 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 10.4% | 6.6% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 24% | 26.7% | 24.5% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £263k | £246k | £210k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £28.5k | £25.6k | £13.9k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | −20.2% | −49.2% | −126.4% | −107.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼8.6% | ▼6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼41.8% | ▼45.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲6.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £518k | £288k | £694k | £646k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £6.5m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.2m | £8m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.3m | £5m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £321k | £251k | £348k | £168k |
| Cash from operations | −£314k | −£858k | −£1.5m | −£766k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −107.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £646k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £168k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.8m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £472k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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