Portico GB Limited
Registered name: PORTICO GB LIMITED
Part of Portico HS Ltd groupPortico GB Limited made £12.6m revenue and £841k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Portico GB Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £841k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £13.4m | £10.7m | £12.4m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £10.9m | £8.3m | £9.4m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £383k | £799k | £737k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £316k | £767k | £708k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £253k | £648k | £529k | £834k | £841k |
| Profit (best available) | £253k | £648k | £529k | £834k | £841k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 6.7% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 18.2% | 22.1% | 24.4% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £243k | £191k | £234k | £242k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £11.8k | £9.4k | £15.7k | £16.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲50.6% | ▼19.8% | ▲15.5% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲155.8% | ▼18.4% | ▲57.8% | ▲0.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲1.8% | ▼5.4% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £319k | £366k | £345k | £346k | £303k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.7m | £5.3m | £5.9m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £242k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £303k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Portico HS Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Portico Tta Limited50–75%
- Portico As Ltd75–100%
- Portico GB Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £841k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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