Praesto Consulting UK Ltd
Registered name: PRAESTO CONSULTING UK LTD
Part of Praesto Consulting Holdings Ltd groupPraesto Consulting UK Ltd made £15m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Praesto Consulting UK Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £15m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £2.7m profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Darlington; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darlington, North East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £9.2m | £13.1m | £13.1m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £5.8m | −£8.3m | £8.3m | −£9.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £5.5m | — | £7.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 66 | 81 | 81 | 89 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 21.1% | 25% | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 37.3% | 36.5% | 36.6% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £139k | £161k | £161k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £33.5k | £34.8k | £29k | £29k | £30.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲42% | ▲42% | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲2.4% | ▲2.4% | ▲14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲22.7% | ▲22.7% | ▲9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £5.2m | — | £4m | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £5.5m | — | £6.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £32k | £40.7k | — | £1.1m | — |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £9.2m | — | £9.1m | — |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.6m | — | £2.3m | — |
| Deferred income | £958k | £715k | — | £1.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.2k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Praesto Consulting Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Praesto Consulting Investments Ltd75–100%
- Praesto Consulting Group Ltd75–100%
- Praesto Consulting UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Boxfusion Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bright Frog LtdFigures not disclosed
- Carruthers and Jackson LimitedFigures 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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