Penguin Holdings Ltd
Registered name: PENGUIN HOLDINGS LTD
Penguin Holdings Ltd made £12.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Penguin Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Darwen; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darwen, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £10.1m | £10.4m | £11.5m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6.2m | £6.7m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m | £893k | £932k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m | £893k | £932k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 17% | 10.6% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 67.2% | 61.2% | 64.8% | 69.2% | 68.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £101k | £104k | £115k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | £10.7k | £8.9k | £9.3k | £11.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▲3% | ▲10.8% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32% | ▼16.5% | ▲4.3% | ▲17.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% | 0% | 0% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £39.4k | £58.5k | £56.7k | £70.5k | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £697k | £1.7m | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3131%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (14)
- Almatt (Derbyshire) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Almatt Optical LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ear Place LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Bakewell) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Belsize) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Dore) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Fitzrovia) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Fleet Street) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Eye Place (Shoreditch) LtdFigures not disclosed
- JRG Carrington LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mko (S5) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Penguin Optical LtdFigures not disclosed
- Specs of Kensington LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunhay LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- HO2 Management Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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