Penta Payroll Limited
Registered name: PENTA PAYROLL LIMITED
Part of Penta Consulting International Limited groupPenta Payroll Limited made £2.7m revenue and a £2.3k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Penta Payroll Limited’s revenue grew 70% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.3k and 24 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Epsom; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Epsom, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “The immediate”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£10.2k | −£2.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£10.2k | −£2.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£10.2k | −£2.3k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.7% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £121k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£783 | −£97 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲69.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲30% | ▲84.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2 | £0 | £4.4k | £4.4k |
| Net assets | −£3k | −£5.1k | −£15.2k | −£17.6k |
| Current assets | £61.7k | £38.1k | £179k | £289k |
| Debtors | £61.7k | £38.1k | £174k | £285k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£97
- 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
- 10.7%
- 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 −£17.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £4.4k
- Headcount
- ▲85%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Penta Consulting International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Penta Consulting Limited75–100%
- Penta Payroll Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Penta Consulting Middle East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Penta Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Penta Technology 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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