Powells Group Limited
Registered name: POWELLS GROUP LIMITED
Powells Group Limited made £17m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Powells Group Limited’s revenue fell 39% to £17m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 47 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £27.7m | £27.7m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £22.9m | £23.6m | £23.8m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £669k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.2m | £740k | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1m | £579k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1m | £579k | −£1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 45 | 43 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 3.7% | 2.1% | −7.9% |
| Gross margin | 14% | 14.8% | 14.1% | 10.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £633k | £616k | £644k | £362k |
| Profit per employee | £25.3k | £23k | £13.5k | −£28.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼0.1% | ▼38.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▼44.1% | ▼332% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼4.4% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1.2k | £1.2k | £1.2k | £1.3k |
| Fixed assets | £222 | £222 | £222 | £222 |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £321k | £315k | £160k | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £362k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £1.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £222
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Powells LimitedRev. £17m · Profit −£1.3m
- Powells Electrical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Powells Electrical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Powells Group Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Powells Joinery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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