Guavapay Limited
Registered name: GUAVAPAY LIMITED
Part of Tainotech Holding Limited groupGuavapay Limited made £23.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Guavapay Limited’s revenue grew 90% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.6m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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: “Tainotech Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £418k | £1.9m | £12.3m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £372k | £815k | £3.1m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £46.1k | £1.1m | £9.2m | £17.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£2m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£2m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£1.4m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£1.4m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 16 | — | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −361.2% | −70% | 17.1% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 11% | 57.8% | 74.8% | 76.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £121k | — | £312k |
| Profit per employee | −£378k | −£84.4k | — | £21.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −1.9% | 95.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲89.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼24.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £6.5m | £4.9m | £10.1m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £5m | £10.5m | £17.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £5.4m | £14.5m | £10.8m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £8.3m | £8.7m | £25.5m |
| Debtors | £241k | £46.8k | £2.3m | £837k |
| Deferred income | £25.3k | £121k | £177k | £376k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£53.3k | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £312k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 95.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲64%
- Now £17.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲106%
- Now £10.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲112%
- Now £376k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £10.8m
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
- Tainotech Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Guavapay Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Credair Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Credair Intermediary Services 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 Dec 2024 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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