Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited
Registered name: PARKBURN PRECISION HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited groupParkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited made £12.3m revenue and £127k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited’s revenue fell 29% to £12.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £127k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Hamilton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hamilton, Scotland
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 ultimate controlling party is Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited Employee Ownership Trust, an employee owned trust.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.4m | £14.4m | £17.4m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £8.8m | £9.8m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £5.6m | £7.6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £647k | £2.2m | £206k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £625k | £2.2m | £205k |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £797k | £1.9m | £127k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £797k | £1.9m | £127k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 64 | 68 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.5% | 5.5% | 11.2% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 33% | 38.6% | 43.5% | 46.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £439k | £225k | £255k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £59.2k | £12.5k | £28.6k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | −33.9% | −321.9% | −86% | 399.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼43.4% | ▲20.5% | ▼29% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76.8% | ▲143.7% | ▼93.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲6.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £510k |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £2m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £6.2m | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £3m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£2.1m | −£1.9m | £823k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 399.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.9%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £510k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Employee Ownership Trustees Limited75–100%
- Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Employee Ownership Trustees 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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