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Company No. 07648893 · Incorporated 26 May 2011

Penny Petroleum (Scotland) Limited

Registered name: PENNY PETROLEUM (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

Part of Penny Group Investments Limited group

Penny Petroleum (Scotland) Limited made £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).

Penny Petroleum (Scotland) Limited reported £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 34% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 176 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Alnwick; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Alnwick, North East
Age
15 yrs · since 2011
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
—
Not disclosed in filing
Profit
£1.2m
Growth ▼34%
Profit margin
—
 
Employees
176
Change ▲15%
Profit / employee
£6.8k
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to29 Feb 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyProfit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)——
Profit after tax£1.8m£1.2m
Profit (best available)£1.8m£1.2m
Employees (average)153176
Ratios
Profit margin——
Profit per employee£11.8k£6.8k
Growth (year on year)
Profit growth—▼34%
Headcount growth—▲15%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£789k
Net assets£4.5m£5.7m
Fixed assets£5.8m£8.8m
Current assets£7.1m£6.4m
Debtors£691k£675k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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
£6.8k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲27%
Now £5.7m
Cash at bank
▼37%
Now £789k
Headcount
▲15%
Now 176
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲51%
Now £8.8m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Penny Group Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Penny Forecourts Limited75–100%
  3. Penny Petroleum (Scotland) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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