Pe Limited
Registered name: PE LIMITED
Pe Limited made £62.8m revenue and £27.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Pe Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £62.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £27.5m profit. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Guildford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.8m | £66.2m | £62.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5m | −£3m | −£3m |
| Gross profit | £56.3m | £63.2m | £59.8m |
| Operating profit | £43.7m | £36.1m | £28.2m |
| Profit before tax | £45.8m | £38m | £33.4m |
| Profit after tax | £39.7m | £32.3m | £27.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £39.7m | £32.3m | £27.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 67.5% | 48.7% | 43.7% |
| Gross margin | 95.7% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 43.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Petroleum Experts 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £27.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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