Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited
Registered name: PORTERBROOK LEASING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Porterbrook Holdings I Limited groupPorterbrook Leasing Company Limited made £415m revenue and £132m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £415m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £132m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £372m | £361m | £415m |
| Cost of sales | −£251m | −£243m | −£305m |
| Gross profit | £122m | £118m | £110m |
| Operating profit | £114m | £109m | £99.8m |
| Profit before tax | £144m | £88.8m | £122m |
| Profit after tax | £154m | £98.6m | £132m |
| Profit (best available) | £154m | £98.6m | £132m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 78 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 41.3% | 27.3% | 31.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 32.7% | 26.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.7m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Profit per employee | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.8% | ▲33.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Porterbrook Holdings I Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Porterbrook Holdings II Limited75–100%
- Porterbrook Leasing Mid Company Limited75–100%
- Porterbrook Leasing Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Porterbrook Leasing Asset Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Porterbrook Maintenance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Porterbrook March Leasing (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £132m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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