Purdicom Limited
Registered name: PURDICOM LIMITED
Purdicom Limited made £45.4m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Purdicom Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £45.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “wireless telecommunications activities” and is based in Wantage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wantage, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.9m | £44m | £38.4m | £45.4m |
| Cost of sales | £35.9m | £35.3m | £31.3m | £37.7m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8.6m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £3m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 63 | 58 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 19.6% | 18.5% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £783k | £698k | £662k | £782k |
| Profit per employee | £47.9k | £35.8k | £21.6k | £25k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▼12.7% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16% | ▼44.4% | ▲15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼7.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £472k | £4.6m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £12.9m | £13.7m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £236k | £281k | £161k | £332k |
| Current assets | £26.8m | £22.3m | £19.8m | £24m |
| Debtors | £8.6m | £5.7m | £6.4m | £7m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £361k | £5.1m | £240k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £782k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲107%
- Now £332k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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