A Pearson Holdings Limited
Registered name: A PEARSON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of P3P Cea Investments Limited groupA Pearson Holdings Limited made a £13.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
A Pearson Holdings Limited reported a loss of £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £121m | £111m | £94.2m | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.9m | −£3.4m | −£13.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.9m | −£3.4m | −£13.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £985k | £826k | — |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £173k | −£430k | −£6.9m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼216.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▼52.9% | ▼75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.9k | £18.4k | £95.5k | £100k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £14m | £10.6m | £10.5m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £28m | £24.7m | £18.5m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £27.9m | £259k | £0 | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £364k | £692k | −£226k | £139k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9m
- 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
- ▲71%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £100k
- Headcount
- ▼75%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £10.5m
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 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Aps Produce LimitedRev. £97.6m · Profit £6.7m
- Aps Growers LtdRev. £13.4m · Profit £8.9m
- A Pearson Growers LimitedRev. £6.5m · Profit −£7.9m
- 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 −£13.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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