Palander Investments Ltd
Registered name: PALANDER INVESTMENTS LTD
Palander Investments Ltd made £14.2m revenue and £10.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Palander Investments Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £10.3k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Weston-Super-Mare; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weston-Super-Mare, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “Palander Holdings SL”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £16.9m | £16.2m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £14.3m | £13.5m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £696k | £98.5k | £214k | £639k |
| Profit before tax | £696k | £94k | £215k | £639k |
| Profit after tax | £2.9k | £1.4k | −£14.8k | £10.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9k | £1.4k | −£14.8k | £10.3k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 33 | 35 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | −0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 15% | 16.7% | 16% |
| Revenue per employee | £590k | £511k | £464k | £416k |
| Profit per employee | £99 | £43 | −£424 | £302 |
| Cash conversion | 0.7% | 8.1% | −4.5% | 1.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼3.7% | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.4% | ▼1138% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▲6.1% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8k | £89.1k | £79.2k | £10.5k |
| Net assets | £2 | £1.4k | −£13.4k | −£3.1k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £940k | £123k | £31.6k |
| Current assets | £2.4k | £89.1k | £80.2k | £10.5k |
| Debtors | £609 | — | £992 | — |
| Cash from operations | £4.6k | £8k | −£9.5k | £11.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £416k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £302
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £10.5k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼74%
- Now £31.6k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- J&P Capital LimitedRev. £180k · Profit £29k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £10.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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