Puro Ventures Limited
Registered name: PURO VENTURES LIMITED
Part of Speedy Freight Holdings Limited groupPuro Ventures Limited made £67.5m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Puro Ventures Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £67.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.6m profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Knutsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knutsford, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “The immediate parent and ultimate holding company of Puro Ventures Limited is Speedy Freight Holdings Limited and its registered office is Puro House, Unit 2 The Pavilions Cranford Drive, Knutsford Bu”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £68.9m | £56.6m | £60m | £67.5m |
| Cost of sales | £59.5m | £48.7m | £52m | £57.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £7.9m | £8m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £873k | £158k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £804k | £63.4k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £867k | £343k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £867k | £343k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 139 | 159 | 152 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 14% | 13.4% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £669k | £407k | £378k | £444k |
| Profit per employee | £38.1k | £6.2k | £2.2k | £10.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.9% | ▲6.2% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.9% | ▼60.4% | ▲371.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.9% | ▲14.4% | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £798k | £756k | £610k | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £7m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £15m | £14.4m | £17m | £24.8m |
| Debtors | £11.9m | £10.3m | £10.7m | £11.5m |
| Deferred income | £6.2m | £4m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £444k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲517%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £3.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Speedy Freight Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Puro Ventures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Speedy Freight LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Connected Logistics Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Speedy Parcels 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 Nov 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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