PENNA PLC
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Cash
£1.2m
+241.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£50m
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
186
-11.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.4m
-0.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £63,483,000 | £48,188,000 | £40,266,000 | -16.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£123,000 | -£2,438,000 | -£2,440,000 | -0.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £390,000 | -£2,438,000 | -£2,440,000 | -0.1% | |
| Net profit | £408,000 | -£2,598,000 | -£3,117,000 | -20% | |
| Cash | £31,000 | £343,000 | £1,171,000 | +241.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,547,000 | £51,529,000 | £49,829,000 | -3.3% | |
| Net assets | £55,547,000 | £51,529,000 | £49,829,000 | -3.3% | |
| Equity | £55,547,000 | £51,529,000 | £49,829,000 | -3.3% | |
| Average employees | 214 | 211 | 186 | -11.8% | |
| Wages | £12,370,000 | £12,097,000 | £10,533,000 | -12.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,119,000 | £1,107,000 | £960,000 | -13.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £46,000 | £40,000 | £28,000 | -30% | |
| Highest paid director | £356,000 | £287,000 | £294,000 | +2.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | -5.1% | -6.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -5.4% | -7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -4.7% | -4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.1% | 16.1% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | 6.18x | 6.17x | 10.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- PENNA PLC 2001-05-30 → present
- PENNA SANDERS & SIDNEY PLC 2001-02-22 → 2001-05-30
- SANDERS & SIDNEY PLC 1991-06-06 → 2001-02-22
- GROUP COUNSELLING SERVICES LIMITED 1985-08-09 → 1991-06-06
- DOREHAVEN CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1985-05-31 → 1985-08-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assumptions, the Directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cause significant doubt about the ability of the Group and Company to continue as a going concern”
Significant events
- “During 2025, the company had its dividend paid during 2024 of £1 4m returned from its parent company, Penna Consulting Limited, following a post balance sheet event (for year ended 31 December 2024) which highlighted the dividend paid as illegal due to a lack of distributable reserves.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Samantha Clare | Secretary | 2022-12-22 | — | — |
| DOWSETT, Daniel | Director | 2026-05-25 | Dec 1979 | British |
| KEMPSTER, Kathryn Sharon | Director | 2023-03-15 | Jan 1973 | British |
| LOPEZ LORENZO, Pablo | Director | 2026-06-10 | Jan 1979 | Spanish |
| TOWERS, Julie Ann | Director | 2014-01-01 | Jul 1965 | English |
| WEEMES, Graham Richard | Director | 2014-01-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKINJOBI, Rashida Atinuke | Secretary | 2019-02-20 | 2022-11-03 |
| FIRTH, David Samuel Peter | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| FIRTH, David Samuel Peter | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| LINTON, Nigel Robert | Secretary | 2009-08-31 | 2010-11-30 |
| MOSTYN JONES, David Herbert | Secretary | — | 1997-06-13 |
| SINCLAIR, Patrick | Secretary | 2010-11-30 | 2012-09-01 |
| TAGG, Gavin Kenneth | Secretary | 2016-07-31 | 2019-02-20 |
| THOMAS, Allen Lloyd | Secretary | 1997-06-13 | 1999-12-31 |
| BANKS, David Franklin | Director | 1995-10-16 | 1998-08-12 |
| BEARD, John Donald Wainwright | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BISHOP, Alexandra Helen | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2021-08-16 |
| BRIANT, Timothy | Director | 2016-07-31 | 2017-05-31 |
| BROWNING, Gary | Director | 2005-02-21 | 2016-08-10 |
| BRUCE, Stewart Mackenzie | Director | 1996-11-28 | 1997-11-17 |
| CHALMERS, Brigid Clare | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-09-08 |
| COOK, Frances | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| COOK, Frances | Director | 1995-01-25 | 2003-04-02 |
| DAVIS, Sally Jane | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2004-12-06 |
| DE LA GRENSE, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2023-07-13 | 2026-05-25 |
| DEVALK, Penelope Claire | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| DRAKE, Simon Lawrence | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-10-22 |
| EDWARDS, Derek Clayton | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| FARGIN, John Thomas | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2004-12-06 |
| FIRTH, David Samuel Peter | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2017-12-01 |
| HALKA, Yann Serge Stephane | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2021-04-06 |
| HARRIS, Daniel Miles | Director | 2021-04-06 | 2023-07-13 |
| MACDONALD, Allan Neil | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1999-12-31 |
| MARSHALL III, John Logan | Director | 2016-07-31 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCCARTHY, William James | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2006-10-31 |
| MORGAN, Owen James | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| MORTON, Timothy James | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| MUMME, Susan Anna Louise | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2005-07-07 |
| NEEDHAM, Peter Southwood | Director | 1995-10-16 | 1997-01-23 |
| PILLING, Keith Robert Philip | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2024-05-30 |
| RISBY, Clare | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1997-06-17 |
| ROWLINSON, Stephen Richard | Director | — | 1991-11-27 |
| SAVILLE, Ian Leslie | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2005-07-07 |
| SIDNEY, Deryck Malcolm | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| TAGG, Gavin Kenneth | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2023-03-24 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2014-03-24 | 2016-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Allen Lloyd | Director | 1996-09-03 | 2002-08-27 |
| WHITE, Beverley Marie | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| WOLFF, Robert Marcel | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2019-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adecco Group (Uk&I) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-05-10 | Active |
| Adecco Group Ag | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-05-10 | Active |
| Penna Consulting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 259 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-25 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-09-25 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-09-25 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-09-02 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-09-02 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-08-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.