Pics Telecom International Limited
Registered name: PICS TELECOM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Pics Telecom International Corporation groupPics Telecom International Limited made £10.5m revenue and a £608k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pics Telecom International Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £608k and 51 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of telecommunications equipment other than mobile telephones” and is based in Bristol; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.1m | £23.1m | £17.8m | £11.5m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £20.6m | £15m | £9.5m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £388k | £738k | £684k | −£377k | −£616k |
| Profit before tax | £294k | £771k | £674k | −£615k | −£624k |
| Profit after tax | £238k | £618k | £500k | −£438k | −£608k |
| Profit (best available) | £238k | £618k | £500k | −£438k | −£608k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.9m | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 79 | 81 | 59 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% | −3.8% | −5.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 10.8% | 15.8% | 17.5% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £273k | £292k | £220k | £195k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £7.8k | £6.2k | −£7.4k | −£11.9k |
| Cash conversion | 75.2% | 13.7% | −6.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▼22.9% | ▼35.4% | ▼9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲159.5% | ▼19% | ▼187.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▲2.5% | ▼27.2% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £883k | £863k | £521k | £615k | £800k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £85.3k | £98k | £203k | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £7.3m | £6.6m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | £292k | £101k | −£46.1k | £1.9m | £312k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▼32%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £800k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pics Telecom International Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pics Telecom International 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£608k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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