Paragon Consulting Services Ltd
Registered name: PARAGON CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
Part of Paragon Risk Engineering Group Limited groupParagon Consulting Services Ltd made £5.7m revenue and £441k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Paragon Consulting Services Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £5.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £441k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 immediate parent company is Paragon Risk Engineering Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company and ultimate controlling party is RiskSigma7 Parent LLC”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.2m | £6.2m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.7m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.6m | £965k | £1m |
| Operating profit | — | £98.6k | £191k | £445k |
| Profit before tax | — | £96.3k | £188k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | — | £74.4k | £185k | £441k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £74.4k | £185k | £441k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.4% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.8% | 15.7% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £437k | £411k | £407k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.2k | £12.3k | £31.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲17.6% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲148.5% | ▲138.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲71.4% | ▲25% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £66.2k | £468k | £194k | £182k |
| Net assets | £281k | £1.1m | £417k | £858k |
| Fixed assets | £794 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £856k | £3.5m | £7.7m | £10m |
| Debtors | £709k | £2.6m | £2m | £588k |
| Deferred income | — | £241k | £441k | £183k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £407k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲106%
- Now £858k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £182k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £183k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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
- Paragon Risk Engineering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Paragon Consulting Services 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 Dec 2024 (profit £441k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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