PCBL Limited
Registered name: PCBL LIMITED
Part of PCB (Eot) Limited groupPCBL Limited made £19.4m revenue and £780k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
PCBL Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £19.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £780k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “PCB (EOT) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.6m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £255k | £783k |
| Profit before tax | £216k | £671k |
| Profit after tax | £364k | £780k |
| Profit (best available) | £364k | £780k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £243k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | −1289% | 260.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲114.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £527 | £554 |
| Net assets | £219k | £219k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £243k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 260.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £219k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £554
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PCB (Eot) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- PCBL Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pearce Construction (Barnstaple) LimitedRev. £19.4m · Profit £496k
Sister companies (1)
- Pearce Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £780k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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