Potter Raper Ltd
Registered name: POTTER RAPER LTD
Part of PRL Trustee Limited groupPotter Raper Ltd made £16.6m revenue and a £11.4k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Potter Raper Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £16.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £11.4k and 176 employees. The company is classified under “quantity surveying activities” and is based in Beckenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beckenham, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “On”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £19.7m | £17m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.4k | £405k | £247k | £875k |
| Gross profit | — | £19.3m | £16.8m | £15.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.6m | £66.7k | £138k |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £1.5m | £33.8k | £137k |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £1.2m | −£214k | −£11.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £1.2m | −£214k | −£11.4k |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £13.5m | £12.6m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 189 | 186 | 176 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.9% | −1.3% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 97.9% | 98.6% | 94.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £104k | £91.5k | £94.4k |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £6.1k | −£1.2k | −£65 |
| Cash conversion | — | −137.8% | −1726% | −714.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼13.8% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.8% | ▼118.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼1.6% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.2m | £32.6k | £535k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.2m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.1m | £3.4m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £5.6m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £3m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £15k | £2m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.4m | −£2.2m | −£1.2m | −£986k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£65
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −714.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1543%
- Now £535k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 176
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- 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
Ownership chain
- PRL Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Potter Raper Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£11.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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