Pelican Procurement Services Limited
Registered name: PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Aramark groupPelican Procurement Services Limited made £11.5m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Pelican Procurement Services Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.4m profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Guildford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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: “Aramark Investments Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £12.1m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £976k | £756k |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £11.1m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £3.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £5.3m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 79 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.7% | 27.8% | 20.4% |
| Gross margin | 82.8% | 91.9% | 93.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £153k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £30.2k | £42.5k | £28.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.7% | ▼29.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.6m | £7.1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £9.9m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £519k | £360k | £637k |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £12.8m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲77%
- Now £637k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aramark (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Aramark Investments Limited75–100%
- Pelican Procurement Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Aramark LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trinity Purchasing UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Veris UK 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 Sep 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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