Penny Lane Holdings Ltd
Registered name: PENNY LANE HOLDINGS LTD
Penny Lane Holdings Ltd made £11.7m revenue and £865k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Penny Lane Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £865k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Somerset; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Somerset, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.7m | £12.2m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£9.6m | −£9.3m | −£8.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £950k | £865k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £950k | £865k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 67 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.1% | 7.8% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.6% | 24.1% | 28% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £182k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.2k | £13.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18% | ▼8.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £100 | £100 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.1k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Penny Lane Foods LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit £865k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £865k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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