P a Crocker Limited
Registered name: P A CROCKER LIMITED
P a Crocker Limited made £123m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
P a Crocker Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £123m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.8m profit and 2,885 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Kent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114m | £126m | £123m |
| Cost of sales | £40m | £42.9m | £39.9m |
| Gross profit | £74.1m | £82.7m | £82.7m |
| Operating profit | −£790k | £5.3m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | −£892k | £5m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | £5m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | £5m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £31.7m | £33.1m | £33.9m |
| Employees (average) | 3,304 | 3,082 | 2,885 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | 4% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 65% | 65.9% | 67.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.5k | £40.7k | £42.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£353 | £1.6k | £985 |
| Cash conversion | — | −66.1% | −113.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼43% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▼6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £3.8m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £13.4m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £23.4m | £19.5m | £16.7m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £6m | £11.3m |
| Debtors | £85.6k | £20.4k | £92.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£6.2m | −£3.5m | −£4.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £985
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −113.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 2,885
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £16.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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