PENKETH GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+120.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.8m
+32.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
60
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£230k
-40.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £13,963,968 | £15,583,688 | £17,684,641 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | £567,479 | £414,388 | £226,921 | -45.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £530,560 | £386,170 | £229,882 | -40.5% | |
| Net profit | £378,175 | £224,348 | £94,742 | -57.8% | |
| Cash | £481,698 | £682,848 | £1,507,014 | +120.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,818,694 | £1,590,576 | £2,289,048 | +43.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,378,682 | £1,397,162 | £1,846,965 | +32.2% | |
| Equity | £1,378,682 | £1,397,162 | £1,846,965 | +32.2% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 57 | 60 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £1,724,318 | £2,028,949 | £2,269,248 | +11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 4.1% | 2.7% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 1.4% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.2% | 26.1% | 9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.1% | 77.1% | 70.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.89x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 15.29x | 14.67x | 17.25x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. ... Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- PENKETH GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Penketh's Limited 100%
- Lancopak Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the year end HMRC have started to investigate past research and development tax claims in relation to the years ending 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021. It is uncertain whether this will result in them being overturned however if they are overturned the potential liability would be £48,208.25”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2017-02-15 | Oct 1964 | British |
| PENKETH, Christopher Mark | Director | 2018-05-01 | Feb 1987 | British |
| PENKETH, Mark Stuart | Director | 2017-02-15 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINN, David John | Secretary | 2017-02-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| FINN, David John | Director | 2017-02-15 | 2021-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Stuart Penketh | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-15 | Active |
| Jennifer Anne Penketh | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.