Perco (North East) Limited
Registered name: PERCO (NORTH EAST) LIMITED
Part of Perco Holdings Limited groupPerco (North East) Limited made £93.5m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Perco (North East) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £93.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.9m profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Stockton-on-Tees; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees, North East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 parent company is Perco (Holdings) Limited , a company registered in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.4m | £93.5m |
| Cost of sales | £85.6m | £87.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 6% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.3m | £8.5m |
| Profit per employee | £428k | £265k |
| Cash conversion | −72.7% | −129.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £302k | £468k |
| Net assets | £9m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £130k | £157k |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £9.7m | £8.6m |
| Deferred income | £28.8k | £258k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £265k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −129.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £468k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▲797%
- Now £258k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £157k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Perco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Perco (North East) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026