Orbital Management Services Limited
Registered name: ORBITAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Orbital Payroll Group Limited groupOrbital Management Services Limited made £109m revenue and £324k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Orbital Management Services Limited’s revenue was £109m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £324k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £139m | £123m | £139m | £109m |
| Cost of sales | £138m | £122m | £138m | £108m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £39.8k | −£1.9m | −£64.3k | £284k |
| Profit before tax | £19.6k | −£2m | £69.3k | £438k |
| Profit after tax | £17.9k | −£2m | £38.3k | £324k |
| Profit (best available) | £17.9k | −£2m | £38.3k | £324k |
| Staff costs | £774k | £758k | £1.2m | £724k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −1.6% | 0% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 1.1% | 1% | 1% | 1.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.4m | £4.7m | £5.3m | £5.5m |
| Profit per employee | £689 | −£77.1k | £1.5k | £16.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11289% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £3.6m | £5.3m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | −£134k | −£2.1m | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £9.9k | £7.2k | £47.6k | £172k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £16.8m | £16.5m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £2.5m | £873k | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £84.1k | £174k | £184k | £977k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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 −£1.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £977k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £172k
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
- Orbital Payroll Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Orbital Management Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Orbital Umbrella LimitedRev. £29.8m · Profit £121k
- Orbital Management Systems LimitedRev. £13.7m · Profit £8.1k
- Orbital Professional Employment LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £324k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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