Persimmon Homes Limited
Registered name: PERSIMMON HOMES LIMITED
Persimmon Homes Limited made £3.1bn revenue and £107m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Persimmon Homes Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £3.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £107m profit and 3,942 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4bn | £2.7bn | £3.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£2bn | −£2.3bn | −£2.7bn |
| Gross profit | £363m | £366m | £409m |
| Operating profit | £177m | £107m | £169m |
| Profit before tax | £178m | £95.7m | £153m |
| Profit after tax | £129m | £76.3m | £107m |
| Profit (best available) | £129m | £76.3m | £107m |
| Employees (average) | 4,729 | 3,951 | 3,942 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 13.7% | 13.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £500k | £679k | £783k |
| Profit per employee | £27.2k | £19.3k | £27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.7% | ▲40.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▼0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £783k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 3,942
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £107m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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