ORBITAL PAYROLL GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£378k
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
984
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£567k
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £174,951,259 | £208,677,347 | £159,279,394 | — | |
| Operating profit | £176,646 | -£46,935 | £413,206 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £135,967 | £87,244 | £567,011 | — | |
| Net profit | £89,791 | £46,517 | £411,569 | — | |
| Cash | £4,383,678 | £5,515,070 | £4,661,808 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,323 | £100,960 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £42,952 | £89,479 | £378,115 | — | |
| Equity | £42,952 | £89,479 | £378,115 | — | |
| Average employees | 739 | 782 | 984 | — | |
| Wages | £24,131,127 | £35,416,016 | £32,428,915 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £8,628 | £87,765 | £28,645 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 17 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -0.0% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 398.5% | -46.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.5% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 4.16x | — | — |
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
- Paul Howley & Co Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- ORBITAL PAYROLL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Orbital Management Systems Limited 100%
- Orbital Umbrella Limited 100%
- Orbital Professional Employment Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYATT, Jonathan | Director | 2014-01-08 | Jun 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jon Myatt | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.