Pathfinder Legal Services Limited
Registered name: PATHFINDER LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
Pathfinder Legal Services Limited made £11m revenue and £275k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Pathfinder Legal Services Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £11m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £275k profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Shefford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shefford, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £11.8m | £11.7m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £8.8m | £9.2m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £408k | £292k | −£593k | £325k |
| Profit before tax | £369k | £254k | −£576k | £379k |
| Profit after tax | £305k | £206k | −£446k | £275k |
| Profit (best available) | £305k | £206k | −£446k | £275k |
| Staff costs | £8.7m | £10.2m | £10.7m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 161 | 166 | 163 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 1.8% | −3.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 25.3% | 20.7% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £64k | £71k | £71.5k | £69.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £1.2k | −£2.7k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | 22.5% | 116.3% | — | −81% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼1.1% | ▼6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.6% | ▼317% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼1.8% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £711k | £340k | £533k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4k | £56.2k | £8.7k | £6.4k |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £57.6k | £19.6k | £65.6k | £170k |
| Deferred income | £206k | £167k | £185k | £399k |
| Cash from operations | £91.8k | £340k | £343k | −£263k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −81%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £533k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- ▲115%
- Now £399k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £6.4k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £275k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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