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Company No. 02694624 · Incorporated 6 Mar 1992

P.K. and I.f. Cobley Limited

Registered name: P.K. AND I.F. COBLEY LIMITED

P.K. and I.f. Cobley Limited made £11.6m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

P.K. and I.f. Cobley Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Leicester, East Midlands
Age
34 yrs · since 1992
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 its two directors, neither of whom have individual control.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageBoring industry
Revenue
£11.6m
Growth ▲7.6%
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▲14.6%
Profit margin
10.2%
Gross 33.1%
Employees
119
Change ▲3.5%
Profit / employee
£9.9k
Revenue/employee £97.7k
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 to31 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.8m£11.6m
Cost of sales£7.3m£7.8m
Gross profit£3.5m£3.9m
Operating profit£1.4m£1.6m
Profit before tax£1.4m£1.6m
Profit after tax£1m£1.2m
Profit (best available)£1m£1.2m
Staff costs£3.9m£4.3m
Employees (average)115119
Ratios
Profit margin9.5%10.2%
Gross margin32.3%33.1%
Revenue per employee£94k£97.7k
Profit per employee£9k£9.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.6%
Profit growth—▲14.6%
Headcount growth—▲3.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5m£1.8m
Net assets£6.4m£7.2m
Fixed assets£2.2m£2.5m
Current assets£6.2m£6.8m
Debtors£1.9m£1.9m
Deferred income£33.7k£31.2k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
10.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
33.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£97.7k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
21.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.2%
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
▲13%
Now £7.2m
Cash at bank
▲18%
Now £1.8m
Headcount
▲3%
Now 119
Deferred income
▼8%
Now £31.2k
Fixed assets
▲13%
Now £2.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Minority corporate shareholders

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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