Tripod Partners Limited
Registered name: TRIPOD PARTNERS LIMITED
Part of Tripod Group Limited groupTripod Partners Limited made £91.4m revenue and £419k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Tripod Partners Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £91.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £419k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 ultimate parent company, and therefore ultimate controlling party, is Tripod Group Limited, by virtue of its 100% ownership of the company. Copies of the consolidated financial statements can be o”
Key figures
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 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £99.6m | £122m | £110m | £91.4m |
| Cost of sales | £89.3m | £112m | £101m | £85.4m |
| Gross profit | £10.3m | £10.3m | £8.7m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.4m | £507k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.4m | £503k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.2m | £1.1m | £419k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.2m | £1.1m | £419k |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £6.9m | £5.6m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 65 | 71 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 8.4% | 7.9% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £27.9k | £33.1k | £14.9k | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▼9.9% | ▼16.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.6% | ▼51% | ▼60.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲9.2% | ▼19.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £60.4k | £193k | £71.1k | £175k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £72.1k | £80.5k | £41.5k | £15.8k |
| Current assets | £16m | £17.6m | £14.8m | £13m |
| Debtors | £11.7m | £13.1m | £9.5m | £8m |
| Deferred income | £765k | £611k | £657k | £760k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- 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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲146%
- Now £175k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £760k
- Fixed assets
- ▼62%
- Now £15.8k
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
- Tripod Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tripod Partners Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Frontier Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hourglass Staffing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tripod Allied Health LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £419k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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