Proper Cornish Holdings Limited
Registered name: PROPER CORNISH HOLDINGS LIMITED
Proper Cornish Holdings Limited made £37.1m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Proper Cornish Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £37.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.2m profit and 248 employees. The company is classified under “activities of production holding companies” and is based in Bodmin; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bodmin, South West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.1m | £32.4m | £37.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.9m | −£19.9m | −£23m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £12.5m | £14.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 211 | 250 | 248 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 8.2% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 38.5% | 38.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £130k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £10.7k | £12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.9% | ▲14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲160.6% | ▲20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▼0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 248
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Proper Cornish LimitedRev. £22.9m · Profit £2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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