Porterbrook Holdings I Limited
Registered name: PORTERBROOK HOLDINGS I LIMITED
Porterbrook Holdings I Limited made £421m revenue and £34m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Porterbrook Holdings I Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £421m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £34m profit. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £375m | £366m | £421m |
| Cost of sales | −£256m | −£250m | −£296m |
| Gross profit | £119m | £116m | £124m |
| Operating profit | £109m | £104m | £110m |
| Profit before tax | £36.7m | £71.9m | £45.8m |
| Profit after tax | £28.5m | £53.4m | £34m |
| Profit (best available) | £28.5m | £53.4m | £34m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 14.6% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 31.7% | 29.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲87.7% | ▼36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Porterbrook Holdings II LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Allianz Se (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
- Hm Government Of Alberta (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
- Ulfstead Bidco Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £34m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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