Proline Corporation Limited
Registered name: PROLINE CORPORATION LIMITED
Proline Corporation Limited made £9.5m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Proline Corporation Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £9.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Bootle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bootle, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2022 | 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) | £7.1m | £10.2m | £8.3m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.7m | £5.5m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £3.6m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £454k | £2.3m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £454k | £2.3m | −£4.4m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £362k | £1.9m | −£4.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £362k | £1.9m | −£4.5m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 65 | 63 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 19% | −54% | 20.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 34.9% | 33.5% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £157k | £132k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £29.8k | −£71.4k | £29.2k |
| Cash conversion | −36.1% | −36.6% | −123% | −10.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.5% | ▼18.3% | ▲13.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲435.3% | ▼332.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▼3.1% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £535k | £1.2m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £6m | £1.4m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £142k | £145k | £136k | £111k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £8.4m | £4m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£164k | −£829k | −£1.4m | −£190k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −10.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- ▲305%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £111k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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