PENNGUIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-4.3% vs 2023
Employees
87
+81.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£26K
+104.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £31,942,317 | £48,502,321 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£459,421 | £100,780 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£551,680 | £26,099 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£612,728 | -£91,037 | |
| Cash | £102,553 | £321,899 | £2,276,656 | £1,068,756 | £1,280,602 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £107,891 | £697,734 | £2,120,842 | £3,199,336 | £3,092,898 | |
| Net assets | £105,997 | £689,406 | £2,112,357 | £3,208,096 | £3,071,588 | |
| Equity | — | £689,406 | £2,112,357 | £3,208,096 | £3,071,588 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 87 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,985,362 | £2,782,867 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £176,395 | £229,664 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+51.8%
£31,942,317 £48,502,321
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Cash
+19.8%
£1,068,756 £1,280,602
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Net assets
-4.3%
£3,208,096 £3,071,588
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Employees
+81.3%
48 87
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
+121.9%
-£459,421 £100,780
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Profit before tax
+104.7%
-£551,680 £26,099
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Wages
+40.2%
£1,985,362 £2,782,867
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -1.4% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -1.9% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -14.4% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | — | — | 1.57x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -4.98x | 1.35x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PENNGUIN LIMITED 2022-01-19 → present
- AVIDES NE LIMITED 2020-09-30 → 2022-01-19
- EXCESS INVENTORY LIMITED 2010-02-18 → 2020-09-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Mitchells Limited
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PENNGUIN LIMITED · parent
- Pennguin Germany
- Pennguin Spain
- Pennguin France
- Pennguin Italy
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL, Graham Martin | Director | 2024-08-28 | Sep 1975 | British |
| PENN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2017-02-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENN, Angela | Secretary | 2010-02-18 | 2017-02-01 |
| HANLEY, Angela | Director | 2010-02-18 | 2010-08-05 |
| PENN, Angela | Director | 2010-08-05 | 2017-05-01 |
| SMITHERS, Andrew Mark | Director | 2022-07-12 | 2024-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ralf Werner Hastedt | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2020-08-25 | Active |
| Mr Mark Penn | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-03-20 | Ceased 2020-08-25 |
| Mrs Angela Penn | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-02-01 | Ceased 2020-08-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.