Inspire Payment Services Limited
Registered name: INSPIRE PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Vitruvian Partners LLP groupInspire Payment Services Limited made £3.8m revenue and a £31.4k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Inspire Payment Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £3.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £31.4k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Sale; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sale
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£683k | −£583k | −£743k |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | −£1.6m | £48.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£629k | −£31.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£629k | −£31.4k |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 57 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −66.1% | −19.7% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 76.2% | 81.7% | 80.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.7k | £56k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | −£25.6k | −£11k | −£924 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲17.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23% | ▼40.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£924
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vitruvian Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Etihad Topco Limited75–100%
- Etihad Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Verastar Holdings Limited75–100%
- Verastar Limited75–100%
- Inspire Group Services Limited75–100%
- Inspire Payment Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Inspire Merchant Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£31.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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