Pearl Forecourts Ltd
Registered name: PEARL FORECOURTS LTD
Pearl Forecourts Ltd made £79.7m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024. read from filing text
Pearl Forecourts Ltd’s revenue grew 19% to £79.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £5m profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.2m | £61.9m | £66.9m | £79.7m |
| Cost of sales | £32.7m | £57.4m | £60.3m | £69.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.5m | £6.6m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £3.5m | £5m | £7.4m |
| Profit before tax | £308k | £3.4m | £4.9m | £6.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£165k | £2.7m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£165k | £2.7m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £866k | £992k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 74 | 140 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £458k | £837k | £478k | £752k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £36.4k | £26.3k | £47k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.1% | ▲8% | ▲19.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲36.9% | ▲35.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲89.2% | ▼24.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £5.3m | £6.1m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £8.1m | £25.2m | £29.8m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £11.8m | £30.9m | £55.5m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £7.3m | £7.9m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £688k | £727k | £868k | £904k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £15k | £15k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £752k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £29.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £15k
- Fixed assets
- ▲79%
- Now £55.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- A.g.k. Investment Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chedgold LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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