Paypoint Payment Services Limited
Registered name: PAYPOINT PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Paypoint PLC groupPaypoint Payment Services Limited made £1.5m revenue and £658k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Paypoint Payment Services Limited’s revenue fell 53% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £658k profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Welwyn Garden City; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £2.2m | £3m | £3.1m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £112k | £397k | £382k | −£498k | −£589k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £865k |
| Operating profit | £473k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £612k |
| Profit before tax | £501k | £1.1m | £2m | £1.9m | £878k |
| Profit after tax | £406k | £926k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £658k |
| Profit (best available) | £406k | £926k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £658k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 33.1% | 43% | 50.1% | 47.2% | 45.3% |
| Gross margin | 90.9% | 81.6% | 87.2% | 83.7% | 59.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲75.6% | ▲38% | ▲2.9% | ▼52.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲128.1% | ▲61.1% | ▼3.1% | ▼54.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £898k | £690k | £3.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.7m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.3m | £5.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £2.6m | £2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £70k | £115k | £121k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 45.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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.
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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Paypoint PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Paypoint Payment Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Paypoint Network LimitedRev. £76.4m · Profit £9.3m
- Paypoint Collections LimitedRev. £26.1m · Profit £10.2m
- Paypoint Retail Solutions LimitedRev. £23.1m · Profit £14.1m
- Handepay Ltd.Rev. £14.8m · Profit £3.4m
- Merchant Rentals LimitedRev. £8.1m · Profit £2.8m
- RSM 2000 LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit £2.5m
- Collect+ Brand LimitedRev. £6.8m · Profit £5.5m
- Aperidata LtdFigures not disclosed
- Appreciate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- I-Movo Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £4m
- Obconnect LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £658k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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