Pensive Dragon Limited
Registered name: PENSIVE DRAGON LIMITED
Pensive Dragon Limited made £12.2m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pensive Dragon Limited’s revenue fell 50% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.1k | £10.9m | £24.4m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.7m | £898k | £2.8m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £10m | £21.7m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.7m | £6.3m | −£466k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.8m | £6.6m | −£195k |
| Profit after tax | £2.6k | £488k | £645k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6k | £488k | £645k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £10.7k | £5.9m | £13.7m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 4.5% | 2.6% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 4963% | 91.8% | 88.6% | 84.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £13.8k | £545k | £1.3m | £581k |
| Profit per employee | £656 | £24.4k | £33.9k | £64.8k |
| Cash conversion | 1.6% | 121.2% | 85.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19709% | ▲124.1% | ▼50% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18498% | ▲32% | ▲110.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲400% | ▼5% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £254k | £539k | £1m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £649k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £532k | £781k | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £3.9k | £242k | £57.5k | £695k |
| Deferred income | £28.5k | £34.7k | £48k | £51.8k |
| Cash from operations | £41.9k | £3.2m | £5.4m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £581k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲69%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲128%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £51.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.4m
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)
- Palliser Capital (UK) LtdRev. — · Profit £2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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