Point Blank Limited
Registered name: POINT BLANK LIMITED
Part of Point Blank Holdings Limited groupPoint Blank Limited made £9.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Point Blank Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 167 employees. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company is Point Blank Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at c/o Jack Ross Chartered Accountants, Barnfield House,”
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) | £9m | £10.3m | £9.9m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £5.6m | £6.1m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4.7m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £3.4m | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £3.5m | £2.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £2.6m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £2.6m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 153 | 162 | 171 | 167 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.6% | 25.3% | 16.9% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 46% | 38.7% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £59k | £63.6k | £57.9k | £57.5k |
| Profit per employee | £11.6k | £16.1k | £9.8k | £6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −73.1% | −168.8% | −147.4% | −174.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▼3.9% | ▼3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.8% | ▼35.6% | ▼35.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲5.6% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £3.6m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7m | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £5.4m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7m | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £762k | £845k | £669k | £714k |
| Deferred income | £307k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£5.7m | −£3.1m | −£2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −174.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 167
- Deferred income
- ▲99%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Point Blank Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Point Blank Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Point Blank International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Point Blank Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Point Blank Properties 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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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