Performanta Limited
Registered name: PERFORMANTA LIMITED
Part of Beech Tree Pe Holdco Limited groupPerformanta Limited made £10.9m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Performanta Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £10.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.5m | £13.7m | £11.4m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £9.2m | £6.5m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£315k | −£650k | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£330k | −£731k | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | −£330k | −£793k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | −£330k | −£793k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3.2m | £5.4m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 47 | 53 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −15.5% | −2.4% | −6.9% | −13.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 32.5% | 43% | 51.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £292k | £215k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | −£27.8k | −£7k | −£15k | −£23.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼16.7% | ▼4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲12.8% | ▲15.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £391k | £242k | £152k | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £10m | £9.7m | £8.9m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £10.3m | £10.5m | £10.8m | £11.2m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £7.7m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.4m | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £3.1m | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 103%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1382%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £11.2m
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
- Beech Tree Pe Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beech Tree GP II Limited75–100%
- Beech Tree GP III Limited50–75%
- Securitas Topco Limited75–100%
- Securitas Midco Limited75–100%
- Securitas Bidco Limited75–100%
- Performanta Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cyberlumeneer LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Identity Experts 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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