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Company No. 07071980 · Incorporated 10 Nov 2009

Placefirst Limited

Registered name: PLACEFIRST LIMITED

Part of PF Bidco Limited group

Placefirst Limited made £9.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Placefirst Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Salford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Salford, North West
Age
16 yrs · since 2009
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£9.7m
Growth ▲12.4%
Profit
£1.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
13.5%
Gross 66.1%
Employees
84
Change ▲15.1%
Profit / employee
£15.5k
Revenue/employee £115k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.4m£8.6m£9.7m
Cost of sales−£1.7m−£2m−£3.3m
Gross profit£10.6m£6.7m£6.4m
Operating profit£2.7m−£914k£17.6m
Profit before tax−£16.8m−£6.4m£1.5m
Profit after tax£1m−£5.9m£1.3m
Profit (best available)£1m−£5.9m£1.3m
Employees (average)737384
Ratios
Profit margin8.2%−68.7%13.5%
Gross margin85.9%77.3%66.1%
Revenue per employee£169k£118k£115k
Profit per employee£13.9k−£81.1k£15.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼30.3%▲12.4%
Profit growth—▼683.2%—
Headcount growth—0%▲15.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
13.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
66.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£115k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£15.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲15%
Now 84
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. PF Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Placefirst Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (24)

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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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