Penny Post Publishing CIC
Registered name: PENNY POST PUBLISHING CIC
Penny Post Publishing CIC made £33.8k revenue and a £1k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Penny Post Publishing CIC’s revenue fell 2% to £33.8k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £1k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in Hungerford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hungerford, South East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.1k | £34.6k | £33.8k |
| Cost of sales | £4.7k | £7.2k | £7.8k |
| Gross profit | £22.4k | £27.4k | £26k |
| Operating profit | −£5.8k | −£7.4k | −£1k |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8k | −£7.4k | −£1k |
| Profit after tax | −£5.8k | −£7.4k | −£1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.8k | −£7.4k | −£1k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −21.5% | −21.4% | −3% |
| Gross margin | 82.7% | 79.2% | 76.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £13.6k | £17.3k | £11.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.9k | −£3.7k | −£336 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.6% | ▼2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.2k | £4.8k | £7.4k |
| Net assets | −£5.8k | −£13.2k | −£14.2k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3k | £1.3k | £1.3k |
| Current assets | £10.1k | £13k | £10.4k |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £5k | £3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£336
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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 −£14.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲54%
- Now £7.4k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £1.3k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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