Penstone Communications Limited
Registered name: PENSTONE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Part of Redsquid Communications Ltd groupPenstone Communications Limited made £124k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Penstone Communications Limited reported £124k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £124k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £124k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £17.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £344k | £295k |
| Net assets | £197k | £239k | £188k |
| Fixed assets | £32.3k | £25.2k | £77.9k |
| Current assets | £304k | £358k | £305k |
| Debtors | £11k | £7k | £5.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.7k
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £188k
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £295k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲209%
- Now £77.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Redsquid Communications Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Penstone Communications Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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- Itek Systems Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Optivity LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Partnership Education LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Ridgeway Phones LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £124k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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