Pennys Group Ltd
Registered name: PENNYS GROUP LTD
Part of Pennys Holdings Ltd groupPennys Group Ltd made £25.7m revenue and £590k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Pennys Group Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £25.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £590k profit and 118 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Bath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company of Pennys Group Ltd is Pennys Holdings Ltd, which owns 100% of the issued share capital, and its registered office is Green Street, Ston Easton, Radstock, Somerset, United Kingdom, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 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) | £20.2m | £23.2m | £24.3m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £19.3m | £19.8m | £20.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £938k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1m | £1m | £837k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £599k | £731k | £590k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £599k | £731k | £590k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 110 | 116 | 118 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 2.6% | 3% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 16.8% | 18.3% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £211k | £209k | £218k |
| Profit per employee | £10.6k | £5.4k | £6.3k | £5k |
| Cash conversion | −144% | −201.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲4.5% | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.4% | ▲22% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲5.5% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2m | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £10.6m | £11.3m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £10.5m | £11.7m | £11.9m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.4m | £5.2m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £233k | £183k | £484k | £522k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£2.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £218k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 118
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £522k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £11.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pennys Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Pennys Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £590k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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