Ppca Holdco Limited
Registered name: PPCA HOLDCO LIMITED
Part of Ardenton UK Limited groupPpca Holdco Limited made £275k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ppca Holdco Limited reported £275k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 80% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 186 employees. The company is classified under “activities of venture and development capital companies” and is based in Walsall; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £275k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £275k |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £14k | £13.8k |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £14.3m | £14.3m |
| Current assets | £39k | £161k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £21k | £20k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £13.8k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £20k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £14.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ardenton UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ppca Holdco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- PP Control & Automation LimitedRev. £27.3m · Profit −£30.1k
Sister companies (6)
- Ardenton Care Holdings LimitedRev. £34.5m · Profit −£3.8m
- Shaftec Holdco LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £15.9m · Profit £2.2m
- Aghoco 1507 LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.6m
- Ardenton Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £199k
- BGC Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shaftec Topco LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £275k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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