Pioneer Design and Build Limited
Registered name: PIONEER DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED
Pioneer Design and Build Limited made £54.5m revenue and £287k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Pioneer Design and Build Limited’s revenue grew 77% to £54.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £287k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Chorlton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorlton, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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) | £35.6m | £30.7m | £54.5m |
| Cost of sales | £33.6m | £29.2m | £52.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £624k | £287k | £287k |
| Profit before tax | £593k | £254k | £265k |
| Profit after tax | £486k | £552k | £287k |
| Profit (best available) | £486k | £552k | £287k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 4.8% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit per employee | £30.4k | £29k | £14.3k |
| Cash conversion | −117% | 189.8% | 455.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.6% | ▲77.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼48% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £461k | £172k | £128k |
| Current assets | £9m | £9.8m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£729k | £544k | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 455.6%
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £128k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £287k), 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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