Pentaxia Ltd
Registered name: PENTAXIA LTD
Part of Slingsby Holdings Limited groupPentaxia Ltd made £10.5m revenue and a £28.3k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Pentaxia Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £10.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £28.3k and 134 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £10.5m | £10.3m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £7m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £216k | −£110k | −£467k | −£34.9k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | −£186k | −£498k | −£52k |
| Profit after tax | £375k | £49.8k | −£374k | −£28.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £375k | £49.8k | −£374k | −£28.3k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 141 | 156 | 147 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 0.5% | −3.6% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 34% | 33.5% | 36.2% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.9k | £67.3k | £70.1k | £78.1k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £319 | −£2.5k | −£211 |
| Cash conversion | 57.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13% | ▼1.8% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.7% | ▼851.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▼5.8% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £29.8k | £39k | £19.5k | £82k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.8m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £124k | £107k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£211
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲321%
- Now £82k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Slingsby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Westfield International Limited75–100%
- Pentaxia Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pentaxia Research 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£28.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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