Premier 1983 Limited
Registered name: PREMIER 1983 LIMITED
Premier 1983 Limited made £16.7m revenue and £872k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Premier 1983 Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £872k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Luton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 18 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £18m | £20.4m | £17.5m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £16.1m | £13.1m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £894k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £872k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £872k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 38 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 6.3% | 7.8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 20.9% | 25.1% | 22.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £500k | £536k | £487k | £451k |
| Profit per employee | £33.8k | £33.5k | £38.3k | £23.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▼13.9% | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲8.1% | ▼36.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼5.3% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £9.7m | £11.1m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £969k | £727k |
| Current assets | £11m | £13.8m | £13.1m | £16.4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £4.1m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £451k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.6k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £727k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Longhorn Farm 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £872k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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