PRINCEBUILD LIMITED.
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Cash
£4.8M
-2.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.7M
-17.3% vs 2024
Employees
137
-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
-27.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,324,756 | £54,741,907 | £77,017,009 | +40.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,495,994 | £4,187,907 | £3,123,302 | -25.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,483,353 | £4,194,143 | £3,038,018 | -27.6% | |
| Net profit | £3,848,200 | £3,178,337 | £1,714,978 | -46% | |
| Cash | £4,341,818 | £4,868,965 | £4,751,979 | -2.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,799,262 | £10,620,609 | £8,122,019 | -23.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,469,876 | £9,282,392 | £7,672,411 | -17.3% | |
| Equity | £7,469,876 | £9,282,392 | £7,672,411 | -17.3% | |
| Average employees | 177 | 140 | 137 | -2.1% | |
| Wages | £6,033,120 | £5,068,084 | £5,755,688 | +13.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £237,295 | £214,183 | £193,612 | -9.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 7.7% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 5.8% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.1% | 39.4% | 38.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.79x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 66.84x | 29.45x | 16.71x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PRINCEBUILD LIMITED. 1985-10-24 → present
- JOHN BRANCH (PETERBOROUGH) LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1985-10-24
- ECCLESHARE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1971-10-07 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forrester Boyd Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 30 September 2025, the Princebuild group of companies underwent a corporate restructure as part of a longer term succession planning exercise. This restructure involved a demerger of the trading companies from the former group of holding companies, and is expected to enable substantial further growth of the business during the coming years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPLIN, Dale John | Director | 2008-10-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| ASPLIN, Mark Derek | Director | 2008-10-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| BAKER, Paul | Director | 2017-04-06 | May 1979 | British |
| PUDNEY, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2008-10-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| PUDNEY, Matthew James | Director | 2008-10-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUDNEY, Stuart Stanley | Secretary | — | 2024-10-01 |
| ASPLIN, Derek John | Director | — | 2021-02-26 |
| MANNING, James Iain | Director | 2017-11-22 | 2023-02-16 |
| PUDNEY, Stuart Stanley | Director | — | 2024-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pb Newholdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-30 | Active |
| Pb Group Investment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-29 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Princebuild Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-29 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
| Princebuild Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.