PACIFIC BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£32m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£900m
Equity attributable
Employees
4
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£178m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £363,151,000 | £516,145,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£32,674,000 | -£72,502,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£80,875,000 | -£178,095,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£51,767,000 | -£150,030,000 | — | |
| Cash | £43,561,000 | £32,229,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,086,827,000 | £1,997,853,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,052,210,000 | £899,958,000 | — | |
| Equity | £1,052,210,000 | £899,958,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 2 | 4 | — | |
| Wages | £63,543,000 | £110,278,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £755,000 | £2,405,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £24,000 | £45,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £331,000 | £1,144,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 7 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.0% | -14.0% | |
| Net margin | -14.3% | -29.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | -3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.5% | 59.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | -0.80x | -0.71x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”
Group structure
- PACIFIC BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Portakabin Holdco Limited
- Portakabin Limited
- Portakabin (Refurbished) Limited
- Portakabin (Site Accommodation) Limited
- Portakabin Mobilraum GmbH
- Portakabin Produktions GmbH
- Portakabin Holdings GmbH
- Portakabin (Scotland) Limited
- Portakabin (Ireland) Limited
- Portakabin BV
- Portakabin Modulaire SAS
- Portakabin SAS
- Portakabin Europe Limited
- Portakabin Group Properties Limited
- SG Pension Trustee Limited (Dormant)
- Project Florence Topco Limited
- Project Florence Bidco Limited
- Goldfoster Limited
- Darwin Group Limited
- On-Demand Healthcare Infrastrusture Solutions Limited (Dormant)
- On-Demand Healthcare Solutions Limited (Dormant)
- Darwin Healthcare Limited (Dormant)
Significant events
- “On 18 August 2025, the fund purchased a full scheme buy-in with Aviva.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-06-18 | Jul 1971 | English |
| IBBETSON, Daniel Frederick | Director | 2024-06-18 | May 1970 | British |
| SÖDER, Simon | Director | 2024-06-18 | Sep 1978 | Swedish,Australian,English |
| THAPAR, Ankita | Director | 2024-01-09 | Jul 1989 | British |
| URWIN, Gavin | Director | 2024-06-18 | Feb 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-05 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-28 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-01-09 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.