Prestons Group Limited
Registered name: PRESTONS GROUP LIMITED
Prestons Group Limited made £74.9m revenue and £6.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Prestons Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £74.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6.8m profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.9m | £63.4m | £68.6m | £74.9m |
| Cost of sales | £34.3m | £42m | £44.1m | £50.1m |
| Gross profit | £16.5m | £21.3m | £24.5m | £24.8m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £8.5m | £10.8m | £9m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £8.3m | £10.7m | £9m |
| Profit after tax | £816k | £901k | £8.1m | £6.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £816k | £901k | £8.1m | £6.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £5.7m | £6.9m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 84 | 102 | 107 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.4% | 11.8% | 9% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 33.7% | 35.8% | 33.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £620k | £754k | £672k | £700k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £10.7k | £79.2k | £63.3k |
| Cash conversion | 140.1% | 82.2% | 64.5% | 87.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.5% | ▲8.3% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲796.8% | ▼16.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲21.4% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £1.6m | £1.7k | £82.9k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.2m | £10.1m | £15.9m |
| Fixed assets | £14.7m | £16.7m | £16.7m | £19m |
| Current assets | £16m | £16.9m | £75.6k | £135k |
| Debtors | £259k | £56.4k | £24.7k | £5.6k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £16.1k | £13.9k |
| Cash from operations | £9m | £7m | £6.9m | £7.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £700k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £63.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 87.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £15.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4825%
- Now £82.9k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £13.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £19m
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)
- Nimogen LimitedRev. £60.3m · Profit £5.7m
- Winsor Bishop LimitedRev. £14.6m · Profit £2.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £6.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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