PRS Guitars International Limited
Registered name: PRS GUITARS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Paul Reed Smith Lp groupPRS Guitars International Limited made £470k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
PRS Guitars International Limited reported £470k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024, up 236% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 22 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of musical instruments” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £140k | £470k |
| Profit (best available) | £140k | £470k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £21.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲236.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £613k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £74.2k | £108k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.4k
- 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.
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
- ▲12%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £613k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £108k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Paul Reed Smith Lp (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- PRS Guitars International 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 2024 (profit £470k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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