PERLEGO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
+147.4% vs 2021
Net assets
£19M
+156.4% vs 2021
Employees
83
+48.2% vs 2021
Profit before tax
-£12M
-123.2% vs 2021
Profit before tax
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2022-04-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-04-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-04-30.
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,730,416 | £6,019,968 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£5,501,076 | -£12,058,331 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£5,491,325 | -£12,256,888 | |
| Net profit | — | -£5,081,471 | -£11,425,602 | |
| Cash | — | £9,471,194 | £23,431,504 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,551,256 | £19,359,956 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £6,720,446 | £7,551,256 | £19,359,956 | |
| Average employees | — | 56 | 83 | |
| Wages | — | £3,050,541 | £5,360,659 |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -317.9% | -200.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -293.7% | -189.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -72.8% | -62.3% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -57.55x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the group's sales growth trajectory, its cash levels and its ability to control its operating costs put it in a good position to manage its business risks successfully. This, together with detailed forecasts prepared by the directors, have demonstrated that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PERLEGO LIMITED · parent
- Perlego Inc 100%
Significant events
- “A successful Series B+ funding round during the year materially strengthened liquidity and provided capacity to support ongoing product investment and working capital requirements.”
- “During the year, the group completed a Series B+ funding round, raising £14.1 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, Christopher John Percival | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
| LEAHY, David Anthony | Director | 2024-07-18 | Jun 1992 | British |
| VAN MALDEREN, Gauthier | Director | 2016-04-29 | Apr 1992 | Belgian |
| VAN RHIJN, Caspar Ysbrand Wilhelmus | Director | 2019-09-03 | Oct 1967 | Dutch |
| VERWILT, Paul | Director | 2021-09-30 | Dec 1968 | Belgian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gauthier Van Malderen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-29 | Ceased 2023-02-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-04 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-29 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-10-29 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-29 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-06-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-04-30 vs 2021-04-30
-
Turnover
+247.9%
£1,730,416 £6,019,968
-
Cash
+147.4%
£9,471,194 £23,431,504
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+48.2%
56 83
-
Operating profit
-119.2%
-£5,501,076 -£12,058,331
-
Profit before tax
-123.2%
-£5,491,325 -£12,256,888
-
Wages
+75.7%
£3,050,541 £5,360,659
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