GREGORY PENNINGTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-60.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+13.1% vs 2024
Employees
285
+7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-72.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,585,027 | £19,418,639 | |
| Operating profit | £6,043,709 | £1,678,530 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,043,709 | £1,678,530 | |
| Net profit | £4,591,725 | £1,271,858 | |
| Cash | £2,830,076 | £1,124,584 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,726,010 | £10,997,868 | |
| Net assets | £9,726,010 | £10,997,868 | |
| Equity | £9,726,010 | £10,997,868 | |
| Average employees | 265 | 285 | |
| Wages | £8,771,466 | £9,759,018 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.0% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 21.3% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 62.1% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.28x | 5.49x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding that the Company has reported on operating profit of £1.7m for the year (2024: £6.0m) and has reported a net asset position of £11.0m as at 31 January 2025 (2024: £9.7m). As a result, the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 29 August 2024, as part of a group restructure, 100% of the shares of the immediate parent company, Financial Wellness Group Limited, were acquired by Financial Wellness Holdings Limited from another group company TMG Holdings 2 Limited.”
- “On 13 December 2024, as a further part of that restructure, 100% of the shares of the intermediate parent company Financial Wellness Holdings Limited were acquired by Marsland Investments Limited, from the other group company, TMG Holdings 2 Limited.”
- “On 29 October 2025, the Company signed contract extensions with The Money and Pensions Service to provide national debt advice for a further two years to 31 January 2028 and DRO processing services for a further year to 31 January 2027.”
- “On 23 January 2026, the Company entered into a finance agreement with Swan Funding 2025 LLC for £1.65m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARR, Jonathan | Secretary | 2026-04-29 | — | — |
| MCNEILL, Lee | Director | 2021-05-13 | Feb 1972 | British |
| STYLIANOU, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2002-03-22 | May 1969 | British |
| WARR, Jonathan | Director | 1999-04-28 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNELL, Michael Edward | Secretary | 1995-11-27 | 1996-06-30 |
| BARBER, Alexander Samuel | Secretary | 1993-09-20 | 1995-07-03 |
| JACKSON, Peter James | Secretary | 1999-12-08 | 2001-01-25 |
| KAY, Simon David | Secretary | 2026-03-18 | 2026-04-29 |
| KAY, Simon David | Secretary | 2002-03-22 | 2015-03-05 |
| MILLS, Frank Hampson | Secretary | 1995-07-03 | 1995-11-27 |
| SAINT, Stephen | Secretary | 1996-06-30 | 1999-12-08 |
| SWANN, Ryan David | Secretary | 2015-03-05 | 2026-03-18 |
| WARR, Jonathan | Secretary | 2001-01-25 | 2002-03-22 |
| CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-20 | 1993-09-20 |
| COPE, John Arthur | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2007-07-17 |
| GIOVANNI, David | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2006-09-29 |
| KAY, Simon David | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2024-07-17 |
| RYAN, John | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2003-07-28 |
| SOMERSET, Ian James | Director | 2021-05-13 | 2024-12-31 |
| WARE, Deborah | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2022-04-01 |
| WARR, Nigel Dudley | Director | 1993-09-20 | 2002-03-22 |
| CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-09-20 | 1993-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Wellness Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-28 | Active |
| Think Money Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-28 |
| Alchemy Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-10%
£21,585,027 £19,418,639
-
Cash
-60.3%
£2,830,076 £1,124,584
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£9,726,010 £10,997,868
-
Employees
+7.5%
265 285
-
Operating profit
-72.2%
£6,043,709 £1,678,530
-
Profit before tax
-72.2%
£6,043,709 £1,678,530
-
Wages
+11.3%
£8,771,466 £9,759,018
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers