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Company No. 00749966 · Incorporated 13 Feb 1963

Prince Petroleum Limited

Registered name: PRINCE PETROLEUM LIMITED

Part of XDR Regent Limited group

Prince Petroleum Limited made £80.3m revenue and £338k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.

Prince Petroleum Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £80.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £338k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products” and is based in Melton Mowbray; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full profit & loss filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46711Wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products
Status
Active
Location
Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
Age
63 yrs · since 1963
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£80.3m
Growth ▼9.6%
Profit
£338k
Growth ▼38.9%
Profit margin
0.4%
Gross 4.7%
Employees
26
Change ▼7.1%
Profit / employee
£13k
Revenue/employee £3.1m
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureProfit & lossProfit & lossProfit & loss
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£73.2m£88.8m£80.3m
Cost of sales£69.3m£84.8m£76.5m
Gross profit£4m£3.9m£3.8m
Operating profit£1.5m£1m£842k
Profit before tax£1.3m£748k£559k
Profit after tax£927k£553k£338k
Profit (best available)£927k£553k£338k
Staff costs£1.1m£1.4m£1.4m
Employees (average)232826
Ratios
Profit margin1.3%0.6%0.4%
Gross margin5.4%4.4%4.7%
Revenue per employee£3.2m£3.2m£3.1m
Profit per employee£40.3k£19.8k£13k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲21.2%▼9.6%
Profit growth—▼40.3%▼38.9%
Headcount growth—▲21.7%▼7.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£286k£629k£36.7k
Net assets£2.8m£2.8m£2.7m
Fixed assets£2m£2.5m£3.3m
Current assets£9.1m£11.1m£11.9m
Debtors£6m£7.6m£8.6m
Deferred income£244k£195k£277k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
4.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£3.1m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£13k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼6%
Now £2.7m
Cash at bank
▼94%
Now £36.7k
Headcount
▼7%
Now 26
Deferred income
▲43%
Now £277k
Fixed assets
▲35%
Now £3.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. XDR Regent Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Prince Petroleum Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

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 £338k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.