P27 Topco Limited
Registered name: P27 TOPCO LIMITED
Part of MML Growth Capital LLP groupP27 Topco Limited made £114m revenue and a £15.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P27 Topco Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £114m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £15.3m and 481 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £89m | £112m | £114m |
| Cost of sales | −£31.6m | −£36.8m | −£34.4m |
| Gross profit | £57.4m | £75.4m | £79.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £4.3m | £10.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£12.3m | −£17.2m | −£15.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£13.6m | −£20.2m | −£15.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£13.6m | −£20.2m | −£15.3m |
| Employees (average) | 400 | 461 | 481 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15.3% | −18% | −13.4% |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 67.2% | 69.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £244k | £237k |
| Profit per employee | −£34.1k | −£43.8k | −£31.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▲1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £237k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31.8k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now 481
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MML Growth Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- MML Holdco 7 Ltd75–100%
- MML Keystone Holdco 1 Ltd75–100%
- Ermine Investco Limited75–100%
- Ermine Topco Limited75–100%
- Ermine Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Ermine Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Ermine Bidco Limited75–100%
- P27 Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- P27 Midco LimitedRev. £114m · Profit −£13.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£15.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026