Pets at Home Group PLC
Registered name: PETS AT HOME GROUP PLC
Pets at Home Group PLC made £1.5bn revenue and £63.1m profit in the year to 26 Mar 2026.
Pets at Home Group PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £1.5bn in the year to 26 Mar 2026, with £63.1m profit and 11,040 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Handforth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Handforth, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Public 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 | 27 Mar 2024 | 26 Mar 2025 | 27 Mar 2025 | 26 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5bn | £1.5bn | £1.5bn | £1.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£789m | −£787m | −£787m | −£798m |
| Gross profit | £691m | £695m | £695m | £672m |
| Operating profit | £119m | £136m | £136m | £103m |
| Profit before tax | £106m | £121m | £121m | £86.5m |
| Profit after tax | £79.2m | £88.2m | £88.2m | £63.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £79.2m | £88.2m | £88.2m | £63.1m |
| Employees (average) | 12,031 | 11,597 | 11,597 | 11,040 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 46.7% | 46.9% | 46.9% | 45.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £128k | £128k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £7.6k | £7.6k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | — | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.4% | — | ▼28.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.6% | — | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 11,040
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pets at Home NO.1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 26 Mar 2026 (profit £63.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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