PQS Survey Limited
Registered name: PQS SURVEY LIMITED
PQS Survey Limited made £12.5m revenue and £522k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
PQS Survey Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £522k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 company was controlled throughout the year by the directors and their famil”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £9.7m | £10.3m | £12m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5m | £6.3m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £544k | £459k | £957k | £886k |
| Profit before tax | £469k | £377k | £816k | £706k |
| Profit after tax | £358k | £237k | £639k | £522k |
| Profit (best available) | £358k | £237k | £639k | £522k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £3m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 75 | 82 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 2.3% | 5.3% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 45.8% | 48.9% | 53% | 55.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £137k | £146k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £3.2k | £7.8k | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | −282.4% | −386.7% | −200.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲16.2% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.9% | ▲169.6% | ▼18.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲9.3% | ▲11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £359k | £35.1k | £43.9k | £105k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £5.1m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £535k | £258k | £305k | £399k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1.8m | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲140%
- Now £105k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £399k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £522k), 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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