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Company No. 05382398 · Incorporated 3 Mar 2005

Price Building Services Limited

Registered name: PRICE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

Price Building Services Limited made £51.7m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023. read from filing text

Price Building Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £51.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £2.3m profit and 95 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Croydon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Croydon, London
Age
21 yrs · since 2005
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2023

Key figures

IndependentCapital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£51.7m
Growth ▲6.4%
Profit
£2.3m
Growth ▲51.2%
Profit margin
4.4%
Gross 12.1%
Employees
95
Change ▼11.2%
Profit / employee
£23.9k
Revenue/employee £544k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£48.5m£51.7m
Cost of sales£42m£45.4m
Gross profit£6.5m£6.3m
Operating profit£2m£1.7m
Profit before tax£1.9m£1.6m
Profit after tax£1.5m£2.3m
Profit (best available)£1.5m£2.3m
Staff costs£4.3m£4.2m
Employees (average)10795
Ratios
Profit margin3.1%4.4%
Gross margin13.4%12.1%
Revenue per employee£454k£544k
Profit per employee£14k£23.9k
Cash conversion−33.1%−9.2%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.4%
Profit growth—▲51.2%
Headcount growth—▼11.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£785k£743k
Net assets£6.9m£8.7m
Fixed assets£3.4m£3.3m
Current assets£15.7m£16.3m
Debtors£2.6m£4.1m
Deferred income£39k£36.8k
Cash from operations−£650k−£154k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£544k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£23.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−9.2%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
6.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲27%
Now £8.7m
Cash at bank
▼5%
Now £743k
Headcount
▼11%
Now 95
Deferred income
▼6%
Now £36.8k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £3.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Minority corporate shareholders

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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