Penny Lane Builders Limited
Registered name: PENNY LANE BUILDERS LIMITED
Part of PLB Holdings Limited groupPenny Lane Builders Limited made £19.6m revenue and £577k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Penny Lane Builders Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £577k profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 ultimate controlling party is PLB Holdings Limited, which is incorporated in England and Wales.”
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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £17m | £20m | £16.9m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.7m | £13.5m | £18.4m | £13.6m | £15.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.5m | £1.6m | £3.3m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £183k | £465k | −£1.7m | −£149k | £666k |
| Profit before tax | £395k | £627k | −£1.5m | −£17.5k | £577k |
| Profit after tax | £535k | £487k | −£1.2m | −£17.5k | £577k |
| Profit (best available) | £535k | £487k | −£1.2m | −£17.5k | £577k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £5.3m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 132 | 108 | 132 | 140 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 2.9% | −6.1% | −0.1% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 20.4% | 8.2% | 19.5% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £129k | £186k | £128k | £140k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £3.7k | −£11.3k | −£132 | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲17.8% | ▼15.6% | ▲16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9% | ▼351.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▼18.2% | ▲22.2% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £184k | £81.6k | £34 | £4 | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £703k | £685k | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.2m | £5.7m | £5.3m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3.3m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £137k | £344k | £135k | £96.6k | £366k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26175%
- Now £1.1k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- ▲279%
- Now £366k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PLB Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Penny Lane Builders Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2026 (profit £577k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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