Orbital Payroll Group Limited
Registered name: ORBITAL PAYROLL GROUP LIMITED
Orbital Payroll Group Limited made £159m revenue and £412k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Orbital Payroll Group Limited’s revenue was £159m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £412k profit and 984 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £199m | £175m | £209m | £159m |
| Cost of sales | £197m | £173m | £207m | £157m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £106k | £177k | −£46.9k | £413k |
| Profit before tax | £85.5k | £136k | £87.2k | £567k |
| Profit after tax | £60.9k | £89.8k | £46.5k | £412k |
| Profit (best available) | £60.9k | £89.8k | £46.5k | £412k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 782 | 984 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | 1.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £267k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £59 | £418 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £108k | £103k | £2.7k | £55.5k |
| Net assets | £34.4k | £34k | £33.9k | £24.6k |
| Fixed assets | — | £2.1k | £2.1k | £587k |
| Current assets | £440k | £261k | £261k | £88.5k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £252 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £418
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £24.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £55.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 984
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £587k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Orbital Management Services LimitedRev. £109m · Profit £324k
- Orbital Umbrella LimitedRev. £29.8m · Profit £121k
- Orbital Management Systems LimitedRev. £13.7m · Profit £8.1k
- Orbital Professional Employment 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 31 Mar 2026 (profit £412k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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