Proofgolden Limited
Registered name: PROOFGOLDEN LIMITED
Proofgolden Limited made £12.5m revenue and £214k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Proofgolden Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £214k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Heaton Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Heaton Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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: “The company is controlled by D Eddleston, director.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.9m | £11.8m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.3m | £10.4m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £420k | £158k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £572k | £288k |
| Profit after tax | — | £917k | £428k | £214k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £917k | £428k | £214k |
| Staff costs | — | £431k | £824k | £847k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.1% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 12.3% | 11.6% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £758k | £656k | £694k |
| Profit per employee | — | £53.9k | £23.8k | £11.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | 24.4% | 11.9% | 56.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8.4% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼53.3% | ▼50% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲5.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £470k | £469k | £469k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5m | £5.4m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £404k | £829k | £1.3m | £760k |
| Deferred income | — | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | £260k | £49.8k | £89.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £694k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 56.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £469k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £214k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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