Pce Holdings Limited
Registered name: PCE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Pce Holdings Limited made £48.2m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Pce Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £48.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.7m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Sedgefield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sedgefield, North East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.5m | £33.6m | £48.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £25.3m | −£37m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £8.2m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £865k | £975k | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £418k | £275k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £401k | £168k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £401k | £168k | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 91 | 99 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 0.5% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 24.5% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £303k | £369k | £487k |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | £1.8k | £17.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲43.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.1% | ▲939.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £487k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Process Control Equipment LimitedRev. £48.1m · Profit £1.8m
- Action Fitness LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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