PPS Equipment Holdings Limited
Registered name: PPS EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Hb Rts Holding B.V. groupPPS Equipment Holdings Limited made £15.1m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
PPS Equipment Holdings Limited’s revenue was £15.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 79 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Uttoxeter; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uttoxeter, West Midlands
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £15.1m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.9m | −£9m | −£9.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £121k | £270k | −£549k |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£801k | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£801k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£801k | −£1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 93 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −7.5% | −5.3% | −11.9% |
| Gross margin | 38.9% | 40.1% | 36.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £162k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.3k | −£8.6k | −£22.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▼15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.8k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hb Rts Holding B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- HB Tahoe UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- PPS Equipment Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Alison Handling Services LimitedRev. £5.7m · Profit £332k
- PPS Midlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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