Penfold Verrall Holdings Limited
Registered name: PENFOLD VERRALL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Penfold Verrall Employee Trustee Limited groupPenfold Verrall Holdings Limited made £10.3m revenue and £502k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Penfold Verrall Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £10.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £502k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £9.6m | £7.8m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £8.4m | £6.3m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £339k | £112k | £351k | £891k |
| Profit before tax | £289k | £65.4k | £276k | £768k |
| Profit after tax | £65.9k | £31.2k | £142k | £502k |
| Profit (best available) | £65.9k | £31.2k | £142k | £502k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 58 | 50 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 12.1% | 19.1% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £165k | £156k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £538 | £2.8k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | 392% | 730.5% | 206.3% | 187.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼18.4% | ▲32.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.6% | ▲354.4% | ▲253.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼13.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £403k | £374k | £238k | £310k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £5.6m | £6.5m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £604k | £575k | £558k | £661k |
| Debtors | £201k | £201k | £320k | £86.6k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £815k | £725k | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 187.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £310k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £7.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Penfold Verrall Employee Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Penfold Verrall Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- HGS Southern LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Penfold Verrall LimitedRev. — · Profit £642k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £502k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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