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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 115 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
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.
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.
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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