Paystrax Ltd
Registered name: PAYSTRAX LTD
Part of Paystrax Group Ltd groupPaystrax Ltd made £6m revenue and £327k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Paystrax Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £327k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.3m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.2m | −£3.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £106k | £449k |
| Profit before tax | £152k | £454k |
| Profit after tax | £348k | £327k |
| Profit (best available) | £348k | £327k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 39.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £660k | £597k |
| Profit per employee | £43.6k | £32.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £597k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Paystrax Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Paystrax Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Paystrax PSP LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £327k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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