Paton Capital Limited
Registered name: PATON CAPITAL LIMITED
Paton Capital Limited made £17.1m revenue and £418k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Paton Capital Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £17.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £418k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Camberley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Camberley, South East
- Age
- 15 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) | £13.7m | £10.2m | £13.8m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £9.6m | £11.4m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £558k | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£1m | £972k | £528k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | −£1m | £932k | £497k |
| Profit after tax | £393k | £1.1m | £531k | £418k |
| Profit (best available) | £393k | £1.1m | £531k | £418k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 29 | 22 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 10.6% | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 5.5% | 17.4% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £623k | £351k | £629k | £744k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £37k | £24.1k | £18.2k |
| Cash conversion | −26.1% | — | 154.8% | 362.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.8% | ▲36.1% | ▲23.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲173.1% | ▼50.5% | ▼21.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.8% | ▼24.1% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £13.4k | £4.5k | £4.7k | £16.5k |
| Net assets | £226k | £254k | £422k | £450k |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £471k | £471k | £471k |
| Current assets | £15.1k | £5.8k | £5.9k | £17.5k |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £1.4k | £1.2k | £1k |
| Cash from operations | −£314k | £985k | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £744k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 362.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £450k
- Cash at bank
- ▲253%
- Now £16.5k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £471k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Paton Developments LimitedRev. £17.1m · Profit £296k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £418k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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