PPC Protect Limited
Registered name: PPC PROTECT LIMITED
PPC Protect Limited made £6m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
PPC Protect Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “web portals” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | £379k | £283k |
| Gross profit | £4m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | −£4.3m | −£2.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.6m | −£2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.3m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.3m | −£2.5m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −99.7% | −42.6% |
| Gross margin | 91.3% | 95.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.4k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | −£59.2k | −£46.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼24.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.2m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £678k | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £3.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£279k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −42.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£46.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 56.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.6%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲127%
- Now £3.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- MNL Nominees Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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