BRIGHT HR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£593K
-27.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+96.5% vs 2024
Employees
353
+31.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,633,000 | £41,040,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,279,000 | £8,261,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,279,000 | £8,261,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,826,000 | £6,251,000 | |
| Cash | £813,000 | £593,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,411,000 | £10,546,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,368,000 | £10,546,000 | |
| Equity | £5,368,000 | £10,546,000 | |
| Average employees | 269 | 353 | |
| Wages | £10,151,000 | £13,272,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £727,000 | £639,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+22%
£33,633,000 £41,040,000
-
Cash
-27.1%
£813,000 £593,000
-
Net assets
+96.5%
£5,368,000 £10,546,000
-
Employees
+31.2%
269 353
-
Operating profit
+13.5%
£7,279,000 £8,261,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.5%
£7,279,000 £8,261,000
-
Wages
+30.7%
£10,151,000 £13,272,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.6% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 15.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 134.5% | 78.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.39x | 0.41x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BRIGHT HR LIMITED 2015-11-24 → present
- PENINSULA ONLINE SERVICES LIMITED 2014-10-28 → 2015-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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 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
- BRIGHT HR LIMITED · parent
- Bright HR Limited 100%
- BrightHR Pty Ltd 100%
- Bright HR Software Limited 100%
- Peninsula Online Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “BrightHR expanded its offering in the UK to include enhanced payroll services, delivering further value and a seamless integrated solution to its clients. In May 2025 this offering was extended to include managed service payroll.”
- “During the year this included initial costs associated with the launch and infrastructure to accommodate demand for the payroll, and the building out of teams including ahead of the widening of the offering to include managed service payroll, launched shortly after the financial year end.”
- “Following the financial year end the Company purchased 100% of the issued share capital of Payetools Ltd a private limited company registered in England & Wales for cash, on the 1 August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMONS, Keith David | Secretary | 2022-11-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Alastair David | Director | 2017-02-06 | Jun 1968 | British |
| CHAPLIN, Benjamin | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1974 | British |
| DONE, Peter Eric | Director | 2014-10-28 | Feb 1947 | British |
| PRICE, Alan | Director | 2017-05-15 | Sep 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT, Peter Nicholas | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| FOSTER, Jordan John | Director | 2022-07-20 | 2025-09-12 |
| HARRIS, Paul Robin William | Director | 2015-10-10 | 2016-12-12 |
| SWIFT, Peter Nicholas | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2022-07-31 |
| TOOTH, Paul George | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-06-23 |
| WATSON, Alexandra Thea, Mrs. | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Business Services Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.