Prime Trading Group (UK) Ltd
Registered name: PRIME TRADING GROUP (UK) LTD
Prime Trading Group (UK) Ltd made £22.2m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Prime Trading Group (UK) Ltd’s revenue was £22.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.1m profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | 47.6% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £13.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £69k | £38.5k |
| Deferred income | £487k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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 £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Archangel AI LtdFigures not disclosed
- Catapult Marketing Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Evergreen Security LtdFigures not disclosed
- Prime Facilities Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Prime Secure Capital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prime Secure Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- Prime Workforce Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Smart Site LtdFigures not disclosed
- Trust Hire Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- V360 Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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