PCS Business Systems Group Limited
Registered name: PCS BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED
PCS Business Systems Group Limited made £18.2m revenue and £456k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
PCS Business Systems Group Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £18.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £456k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.7m | £22.9m | £21.4m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.8m | £18.2m | £17.1m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £426k | £432k | £242k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £422k | £436k | £255k |
| Profit after tax | £599k | £356k | £470k | £456k |
| Profit (best available) | £599k | £356k | £470k | £456k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 45 | 47 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 20.7% | 20.3% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £494k | £509k | £456k | £397k |
| Profit per employee | £12.5k | £7.9k | £10k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | 116.1% | 103.9% | 360.3% | −161.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼6.4% | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.5% | ▲32% | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲4.4% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.8m | £309k | £308k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £4.6m | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.2k | £2.2k | £2.2k | £2.2k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £442k | £1.6m | −£392k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £397k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £308k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £2.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £3.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- PCS Business Systems Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £456k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £456k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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