PB Wholesale U.K. Limited
Registered name: PB WHOLESALE U.K. LIMITED
Part of PBG Group Limited groupPB Wholesale U.K. Limited made £15.2m revenue and a £680k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
PB Wholesale U.K. Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £680k and 43 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Ormskirk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ormskirk, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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: “The company's immediate parent is PBG Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and registered in England and Wales. Copies of these financial statements can be found at Unit 14 Seafire Way, Bu”
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 | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.9m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.9m | £14.5m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £974k | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £348k | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £379k | −£630k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.8m | £285k | −£680k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.8m | £285k | −£680k |
| Staff costs | — | £727k | £968k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 | 28 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.1% | −4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 7% | 10.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £496k | £354k |
| Profit per employee | — | £103k | £10.2k | −£15.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −136.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼83.8% | ▼338.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲64.7% | ▲53.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £216k | £221k | £185k | £354k |
| Net assets | £790k | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £158k | £3.1m | £3.3m | £1m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £332k | £568k | £627k | £766k |
| Deferred income | — | £27.1k | £14.5k | £168k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.4m | −£474k | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £354k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £354k
- Headcount
- ▲54%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▲1058%
- Now £168k
- Fixed assets
- ▼69%
- Now £1m
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
- PBG Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- PB Wholesale U.K. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hatch 19 Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- BF Supplements LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hatch 19 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mountain Joe's LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PB Retail U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 −£680k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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