Propet Limited
Registered name: PROPET LIMITED
Propet Limited made £37.6m revenue and a £19.6k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Propet Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £37.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £19.6k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.3m | £37.1m | £36.5m | £37.6m |
| Cost of sales | £31.7m | £35.8m | £35.1m | £36.4m |
| Gross profit | £586k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | −£30 | −£30 | −£48 | −£26k |
| Profit before tax | £31 | £11.3k | £18k | −£19.6k |
| Profit after tax | £31 | £11.3k | £15.8k | −£19.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £31 | £11.3k | £15.8k | −£19.6k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 1.8% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3% |
| Revenue per employee | £16.1m | £18.6m | £18.2m | £12.5m |
| Profit per employee | £16 | £5.7k | £7.9k | −£6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% | ▼1.8% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36494% | ▲39.5% | ▼223.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £113k | £1.2m | £529k | £401k |
| Net assets | £974 | £12.3k | £28.1k | £8.6k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £8.9m | £8m | £8m |
| Debtors | £7.4m | £7.4m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £12.7k | £13.7k | £709k | £15.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£622k | £791k | −£404k | −£135k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £12.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.5k
- 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
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▼70%
- Now £8.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼98%
- Now £15.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Pro Pet Austria Heimtiernahrung Gmbh (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
- Rondo Food Gmbh & Co Kg (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£19.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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