Prinovis UK Limited
Registered name: PRINOVIS UK LIMITED
Part of Bertelsmann UK Limited groupPrinovis UK Limited made a £787k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Prinovis UK Limited reported a loss of £787k in the year to 30 Jun 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 4 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | — |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | — |
| Gross profit | £7m | — |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.4m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£131k | −£787k |
| Profit (best available) | −£131k | −£787k |
| Staff costs | £11.7m | £833k |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | — |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£942 | −£197k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £34k | — |
| Net assets | −£14.4m | — |
| Current assets | £6.2m | — |
| Debtors | £17k | — |
| Deferred income | £326k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£197k
- 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
- —
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bertelsmann UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Prinovis UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Arvato SCM UK LimitedRev. £97.7m · Profit −£735k
- Bertelsmann Global Business Services LimitedRev. £5.2m · Profit −£56k
- Riverty UK LimitedRev. £311k · Profit £12.1k
- Arvato LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Penguin Random House LimitedRev. — · Profit £45.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£787k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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