A Pearson Growers Limited
Registered name: A PEARSON GROWERS LIMITED
Part of P3P Cea Investments Limited groupA Pearson Growers Limited made £6.5m revenue and a £7.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
A Pearson Growers Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £7.9m and 2 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other non-perennial crops” and is based in Chichester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7.8m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £6.2m | £4.8m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.5k | £379k | £3m | −£177k |
| Operating profit | £48k | −£381k | £2.3m | −£7.6m |
| Profit before tax | £43.7k | −£382k | £2.3m | −£7.9m |
| Profit after tax | £361k | £532k | £1.4m | −£7.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £361k | £532k | £1.4m | −£7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 73 | 39 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 8.1% | 18.2% | −121.2% |
| Gross margin | 0% | 5.7% | 38.8% | −2.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.5k | £90.4k | £200k | £3.3m |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £7.3k | £36.3k | −£4m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲18.1% | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.1% | ▲166.4% | ▼660.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.3% | ▼46.6% | ▼94.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2k | £7.5k | £6.7k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3m | £4.4m | −£4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.9m | £12.2m | £11.8m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.3m | £6.9m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £208k | £59.7k | £1.1k | £291k |
| Deferred income | £453k | £591k | £525k | £752k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −121.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −2.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 124.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▼194%
- Now −£4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £4.2k
- Headcount
- ▼95%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £752k
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- P3P Cea Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A Pearson Holdings Limited75–100%
- A Pearson Growers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Aps Produce LimitedRev. £97.6m · Profit £6.7m
- Aps Growers LtdRev. £13.4m · Profit £8.9m
- A.p.s. Salads LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£7.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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