Pencil Press Ltd
Registered name: PENCIL PRESS LTD
Pencil Press Ltd made £17.6k revenue and £4.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Pencil Press Ltd’s revenue was £17.6k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.2k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in Peebles; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peebles, Scotland
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2k | £16.7k | £17.6k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | — | — |
| Gross profit | £12.2k | — | — |
| Operating profit | £12k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £12k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £9.7k | £5.3k | £4.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £9.7k | £5.3k | £4.2k |
| Staff costs | — | £9.3k | £11.4k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 79.9% | 31.9% | 24.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £12.2k | £16.7k | £17.6k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £5.3k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | — | — |
| Net assets | £2k | £15.2k | £14.4k |
| Fixed assets | £2k | £2k | £1.5k |
| Current assets | £0 | £13.2k | £15.4k |
| Debtors | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- 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 £14.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.5k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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