Paterson & Cooke Group Limited
Registered name: PATERSON & COOKE GROUP LIMITED
Paterson & Cooke Group Limited made £30.2m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Paterson & Cooke Group Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £30.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 190 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Truro; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Truro, South West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.6m | £26.6m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£13.2m | −£11.7m | −£11.3m |
| Gross profit | £14.4m | £14.9m | £19m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.2m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £1.2m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £934k | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £934k | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 173 | 183 | 190 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 56.1% | 62.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £145k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £5.1k | £13k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.7% | ▲165.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 190
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Mine Smart Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Paterson & Cooke Europe LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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