Our Group Companies

Founded by ex-teacher, Lynne Taylor, ParentPay’s objective was to simplify and secure how schools handle money.

After 2 years of development, the newly released ParentPay system was purchased by Park Hill Junior in Kenilworth.

Clint Wilson joins the team as CEO, and accelerates ParentPay’s growth.

In 2006 ParentPay launched the UK’s first web-based meal management service, further transforming how schools manage money.

Croydon Council was the first UK LA to take their school meal provision cashless.

ParentPay was the first to launch real-time electronic point of sale integration for UK schools.

In 2009, ParentPay was recognised nationally for the success of its cashless meal project with Croydon Council.

The BETT conference is one of the largest educational events globally. ParentPay was proud to be a finalist for innovation in EdTech.

2011 saw ParentPay consolidate two key services, cashless payments & parent engagement. This made it the first to create an integrated platform for schools.

ParentPay was the first to provide parents and school caters the ability to choose menu selections & receive meal bookings online.

2013 saw the ParentPay team open an in-house development centre in the UK.

Further building on the already successful cashless meal product, ParentPay introduced classroom selection for teachers, meaning pupils could choose their meals during morning register.

2015 saw ParentPay launch its enhanced operations centre in Coventry to ensure excellent customer service.

nimble is ParentPay’s youth prepaid card and mobile app. Launched in 2016, nimbl aims to create healthy money habits from an early age with its prepaid card and mobile app.

Leaders in modular parent engagement software, Schoolcomms form a key pillar of our Group’s offering with its best in breed communication solutions.

Cypad is advanced catering management software. As a fundamental part of our Group, Cypad makes advanced multi-site catering management easy.

ParentPay Group’s first EU business joins the team. WIS is a leading Dutch school payments and communication business.

The acquisition of German businesses PAIR Solutions and EDV Schaupp creates ParentPay Deutschland. ParentPay is now helping schools across the EU improve their payments system and parent engagement.

MensaMax joins ParentPay Deutschland to further reinforce our cashless payments, parent engagement and kitchen management solutions in Germany.

The ESS team join the ParentPay Group. The acquisition of ESS adds incredible MIS functionality to our Group.

BlueRunner add further compelling functionality to the Group. Leading in SaaS based EPOS solutions, BlueRunner joins us to bring further expertise to our team.