The Payroll Finance Company Ltd
Registered name: THE PAYROLL FINANCE COMPANY LTD
The Payroll Finance Company Ltd made £4.4m revenue and £56.5k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
The Payroll Finance Company Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £4.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £56.5k profit and 3,516 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £57.4k | £137k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4.3k | £73.3k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.7k | £71.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.2k | £56.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.2k | £56.5k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3,516 | 0 | 3,516 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £1.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £16 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲2477% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £124k | £181k | £171k | £129k |
| Net assets | £9.7k | £43.5k | £45.7k | £31.7k |
| Current assets | £195k | £279k | £275k | £362k |
| Debtors | £70.6k | £98k | £104k | £233k |
| Deferred income | £4k | £5.3k | £5.8k | £101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16
- 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
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £31.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £129k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3,516
- Deferred income
- ▲1643%
- Now £101k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £56.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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