Probrand Limited
Registered name: PROBRAND LIMITED
Probrand Limited made £61.8m revenue and £367k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Probrand Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £61.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £367k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.5m | £49.3m | £55.4m | £61.8m |
| Cost of sales | £36.4m | £39.8m | £45.8m | £51.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £9.5m | £9.5m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £206k | £262k | £115k | £495k |
| Profit before tax | £114k | £160k | £65.1k | £496k |
| Profit after tax | −£140k | £115k | £41.9k | £367k |
| Profit (best available) | −£140k | £115k | £41.9k | £367k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.4m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 124 | 125 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 19.2% | 17.2% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £379k | £397k | £443k | £537k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £931 | £335 | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −140.9% | −734.1% | −2562% | −76.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲12.4% | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼63.7% | ▲775% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲0.8% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £434k | £116k | £28.5k | £22.4k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.5m | £7m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £12.8m | £11.6m | £11m | £12m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £5.7m | £5.1m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £887k | £796k | £912k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£291k | −£1.9m | −£3m | −£380k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £537k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −76.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £22.4k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £7.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Icomm Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ingleby (1370) 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 £367k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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