Pif Vulcans Lane Limited
Registered name: PIF VULCANS LANE LIMITED
Part of Bifm Investments Limited groupPif Vulcans Lane Limited made £286m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Pif Vulcans Lane Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £286m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.5m and 129 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £372m | £299m | £286m |
| Cost of sales | −£274m | −£214m | −£207m |
| Gross profit | £97.5m | £85m | £78.8m |
| Operating profit | £64.8m | £35.1m | £50.7m |
| Profit before tax | £64m | −£20.6m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | £50.1m | −£17.9m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £50.1m | −£17.9m | −£2.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 129 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13.5% | −6% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 28.5% | 27.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.7% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼135.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.3k
- 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 129
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bifm Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Biif GP Limited75–100%
- Biif Holdco Limited75–100%
- Biif Issuerco Limited75–100%
- Biif Parentco Limited75–100%
- Biif Bidco Limited75–100%
- I2 Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
- I2 Holdco Limited75–100%
- I2 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Pfi Infrastructure Finance Limited75–100%
- Pif Vulcans Lane Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vle Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (11)
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- Ke Project LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £246k
- Abc Schools (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
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- Forfar Healthcare (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £578k
- Lochgilphead Healthcare Services (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £674k
- Newschools (Penweddig) Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pif West Cumbria LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Salisbury Healthcare Facilities (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stobhill Healthcare Facilities (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £144k
- Tiverton Healthcare Facilities (Holdings) LimitedRev. — · Profit £533k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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