Preferred by Nature UK Limited
Registered name: PREFERRED BY NATURE UK LIMITED
Preferred by Nature UK Limited made £804k revenue and £45k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Preferred by Nature UK Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £804k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £45k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “environmental consulting activities” and is based in Woodstock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodstock, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £567k | £797k | £731k | £804k |
| Cost of sales | £230k | £493k | £256k | £314k |
| Gross profit | £338k | £305k | £474k | £490k |
| Operating profit | £15k | £45.5k | £61.2k | £59.4k |
| Profit before tax | £14.9k | £45.5k | £61k | £59.4k |
| Profit after tax | £12.4k | £34.9k | £45.7k | £45k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.4k | £34.9k | £45.7k | £45k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 4.4% | 6.3% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 59.6% | 38.2% | 64.9% | 61% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.6k | £159k | £91.3k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £7k | £5.7k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.5% | ▼8.3% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲180.3% | ▲31.2% | ▼1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▲60% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £114k | £89k | £196k | £57.5k |
| Net assets | £346k | £381k | £426k | £471k |
| Fixed assets | £5.8k | £7.3k | £6.9k | £6.7k |
| Current assets | £451k | £529k | £626k | £739k |
| Debtors | £48.4k | £166k | £69.2k | £353k |
| Deferred income | £25k | £11.4k | £17.5k | £41.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 43.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £471k
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £57.5k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲136%
- Now £41.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £6.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £45k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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