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Company No. 01490723 · Incorporated 15 Apr 1980

Process Control Equipment Limited

Registered name: PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT LIMITED

Part of Pce Holdings Limited group

Process Control Equipment Limited made £48.1m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.

Process Control Equipment Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £48.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.8m profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Sedgefield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Status
Active
Location
Sedgefield, North East
Age
46 yrs · since 1980
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

Operating leverage
Revenue
£48.1m
Growth ▲43.8%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▲492.3%
Profit margin
3.7%
Gross 23.2%
Employees
97
Change ▲9%
Profit / employee
£18.2k
Revenue/employee £496k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£33.5m£48.1m
Cost of sales£25.3m−£37m
Gross profit£8.2m£11.1m
Operating profit£1.1m£2.8m
Profit before tax£408k£2.1m
Profit after tax£297k£1.8m
Profit (best available)£297k£1.8m
Employees (average)8997
Ratios
Profit margin0.9%3.7%
Gross margin24.4%23.2%
Revenue per employee£376k£496k
Profit per employee£3.3k£18.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲43.8%
Profit growth—▲492.3%
Headcount growth—▲9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
23.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£496k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£18.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
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.
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲9%
Now 97
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Pce Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Process Control Equipment Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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