PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Active
Company number 01818486Public limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£3,614,100,000+3.1%
Net assets 2025
+0.5%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
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PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 64203

Where the company stands among the 4,421 active companies whose first SIC code is 64203 (Activities of construction holding companies).

Turnover£3,751,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £23,671,376 among 145 that publish turnover
Net assets£3,614,100,000
Higher than 99% · median £103,999
Total assets£5,318,200,000
Higher than 99% · median £527,489
Cash£117,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £21,095
Company age42.5 years
Older than 99% · median 5.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. HANSON LIMITED£18.6bn
  2. CWG NEWCO LIMITED£4.1bn
  3. PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY£3.6bn
  4. BERKELEY GROUP PLC(THE)£2.6bn
  5. MONA OFFSHORE WIND HOLDINGS LIMITED£1.1bn
  6. HOLCIM UK HOLDINGS 1 LIMITED£640.4m
  7. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED£627.1m
  8. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT HOLDINGS (U.K.) LIMITED£625m
  9. BIRCHWOOD OMNIA LIMITED£592.6m
  10. TBG (3) 2009 LIMITED£565m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 4,421. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

What kind of company is it?

PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01818486. It was incorporated on 22 May 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in York (YO19). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of construction holding companies (64203), activities of head offices (70100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £3,751,300,000. Profit for the year was £285,700,000. Net assets were £3,614,100,000, up 3.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £117,000,000. Total assets were £5,318,200,000 and total liabilities £1,704,100,000. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 4,421 active companies whose first SIC code is 64203: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 145 that publish turnover (median £23,671,376). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £103,999). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £527,489). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £21,095). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.1 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 125 central government grants worth £23.4m, from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, plastics. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 26 days to pay suppliers, and 48% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 22% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

4 of 8 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 May 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2025

Dividends paid in the financial year: £192,100,000 (67% of the profit for the year).

History
2025£192,100,000
2024£191,800,000
2023£255,400,000
2022£750,100,000
2021£749,600,000
2020£350,700,000
Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Turnover3,610,500,0003,815,800,0002,773,200,0003,200,700,0003,751,300,000
Profit for the year787,200,000561,000,000255,400,000267,100,000285,700,000
Cash at bank and in hand1,246,600,000861,600,000420,100,000258,600,000117,000,000
Total assets4,792,200,0005,034,100,0004,787,800,0004,833,400,0005,318,200,000
Total liabilities1,167,000,0001,594,800,0001,369,300,0001,326,800,0001,704,100,000
Net assets / total equity3,625,200,0003,439,300,0003,418,500,0003,506,600,0003,614,100,000
Dividends paid749,600,000750,100,000255,400,000191,800,000192,100,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

125 grants

PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY is recorded as the recipient of 125 central government grants since 2022, together worth £23.4m.

Latest 50 grants
  1. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £69,300 · Homes England: First Homes
  2. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £69,300 · Homes England: First Homes
  3. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £69,000 · Homes England: First Homes
  4. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £68,700 · Homes England: First Homes
  5. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £91,485 · Homes England: First Homes
Show 45 more
  1. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £85,485 · Homes England: First Homes
  2. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £68,700 · Homes England: First Homes
  3. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £73,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  4. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £83,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  5. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £67,485 · Homes England: First Homes
  6. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,350 · Homes England: First Homes
  7. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £67,485 · Homes England: First Homes
  8. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £56,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  9. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £73,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  10. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £67,485 · Homes England: First Homes
  11. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £67,485 · Homes England: First Homes
  12. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £78,900 · Homes England: First Homes
  13. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £83,700 · Homes England: First Homes
  14. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £80,700 · Homes England: First Homes
  15. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £56,250 · Homes England: First Homes
  16. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,350 · Homes England: First Homes
  17. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,050 · Homes England: First Homes
  18. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,350 · Homes England: First Homes
  19. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  20. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,050 · Homes England: First Homes
  21. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  22. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £68,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  23. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £59,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  24. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  25. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £43,950 · Homes England: First Homes
  26. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £82,785 · Homes England: First Homes
  27. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £84,000 · Homes England: First Homes
  28. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £88,200 · Homes England: First Homes
  29. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £72,000 · Homes England: First Homes
  30. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £97,500 · Homes England: First Homes
  31. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £85,500 · Homes England: First Homes
  32. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  33. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £77,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  34. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £96,600 · Homes England: First Homes
  35. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £84,600 · Homes England: First Homes
  36. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £72,000 · Homes England: First Homes
  37. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  38. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £70,500 · Homes England: First Homes
  39. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £56,250 · Homes England: First Homes
  40. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £95,848 · Homes England: First Homes
  41. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £76,650 · Homes England: First Homes
  42. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £59,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  43. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £56,985 · Homes England: First Homes
  44. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £82,785 · Homes England: First Homes
  45. First HomesDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £79,500 · Homes England: First Homes

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
26 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
48%
Standard payment terms
7–62 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 69%
  • 31 to 60 days 26%
  • After 60 days 5%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
21
81%
39%
30 Jun 2025
19
87%
29%
31 Dec 2024
17
86%
27%
30 Jun 2024
21
82%
35%
31 Dec 2023
19
82%
31%
30 Jun 2023
21
80%
38%
31 Dec 2022
23
82%
40%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 22% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 28% lower
Median bonus pay
women 31% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter55% womenLower middle37% womenUpper middle25% womenUpper pay quarter29% women
Earlier years (5)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 21% lower
women 20% lower
2023/24
women 24% lower
women 28% lower
2022/23
women 24% lower
women 22% lower
2021/22
women 23% lower
women 40% lower
2020/21
women 33.5% lower
women 40.9% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: machinery and plastics.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

7 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £3.8bn, net assets £3.6bn
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £3.2bn, net assets £3.5bn
  3. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: turnover £2.8bn, net assets £3.4bn
  4. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: turnover £3.8bn, net assets £3.4bn
  5. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: turnover £3.6bn, net assets £3.6bn
  6. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: turnover £3.3bn, net assets £3.5bn
  7. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.