Pulse Printing Products Limited
Registered name: PULSE PRINTING PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Pulse PP Holdings Limited groupPulse Printing Products Limited made £18.8m revenue and £195k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pulse Printing Products Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £195k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
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 | 30 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.7m | £15.7m | £16.4m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £12.2m | £12.1m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £248k | £242k | £505k | £813k |
| Profit before tax | £178k | £154k | £405k | £635k |
| Profit after tax | £144k | £122k | £289k | £195k |
| Profit (best available) | £144k | £122k | £289k | £195k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 22.2% | 26.3% | 27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £478k | £447k | £456k | £507k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £3.5k | £8k | £5.3k |
| Cash conversion | 169.7% | 26.3% | 92.1% | 87.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲4.9% | ▲14.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.7% | ▲137.3% | ▼32.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲2.9% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £336k | £56.9k | £82.9k | £220k |
| Net assets | £867k | £989k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £493k | £612k | £636k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £6.2m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.2m | £4.2m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | £421k | £63.7k | £465k | £708k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £507k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 87.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲166%
- Now £220k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £636k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pulse PP Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pulse Printing Products 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £195k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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