Pat Central Ltd
Registered name: PAT CENTRAL LTD
Pat Central Ltd made £918k revenue and £6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Pat Central Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £918k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr T Evenson.”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £756k | £827k | £918k |
| Cost of sales | — | £42.8k | £68.5k | £85.1k |
| Gross profit | — | £714k | £759k | £833k |
| Operating profit | — | £11.7k | £20.6k | £7.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £10.7k | £19.6k | £6.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | £10.7k | £16.6k | £6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £10.7k | £16.6k | £6k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.4% | 2% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 94.3% | 91.7% | 90.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £50.4k | £59.1k | £65.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | £712 | £1.2k | £427 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.4% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲55% | ▼63.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.9k | £35.9k | £57.6k | £53k |
| Net assets | −£31.1k | −£20.4k | −£3.9k | £2.1k |
| Fixed assets | £14k | £9.1k | £6.8k | £11.3k |
| Current assets | £44.3k | £64.8k | £84.1k | £80.3k |
| Debtors | £23.3k | £28.7k | £26.4k | £27.2k |
| Deferred income | — | £650 | £350 | £350 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 90.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £427
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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 £2.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £53k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £350
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £11.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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