Pitter Commercials Limited
Registered name: PITTER COMMERCIALS LIMITED
Pitter Commercials Limited made £10.5m revenue and £217k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pitter Commercials Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £217k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.4m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.5m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £378k | £279k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £390k | £293k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £295k | £217k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £295k | £217k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 29 | 31 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 18.4% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £336k | £351k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £9.5k | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 39.2% | 235.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼26.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▲6.9% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £403k | £583k | £497k | £913k |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £348k | £275k | £505k | £344k |
| Deferred income | £619k | £488k | £464k | £290k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £148k | £656k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £351k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 235.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £290k
- Fixed assets
- ▲84%
- Now £913k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pitter Bros. 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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