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A focused hiring service with a visible support model and selected delivery examples, but inconsistent pricing and limited contractual and platform evidence prevent an overall rating.

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At a glance

Regional EOR

Consider for
Digital teams seeking managed hiring in Perpetum’s specified European, Indian and Colombian markets.
Main trade-off
The operative agreement is unavailable, so marketing cannot establish enforceable exit, IP or liability terms.
3.2/5Provider research score · See the reasons

Based on public documents and customer accounts. Global provider assessment; service has not been tested.

How this provider scores

How we score ↗

Six global category scores and the supplied final total. These are provider comparisons, not country-specific service tests or customer review stars.

Cost3.0/5
Support3.5/5
Contract terms3.0/5
Payroll3.5/5
Local delivery3.5/5
Cost transparency & FX2.5/5

Total: 3.2/5

The final workbook total includes its adjustment and is preserved as supplied. Missing values are not zero. See the provider research below for terms, sources and practical checks.

Current research by topic

Read the findings, their scope and the documents behind them. Scores above link to their supporting evidence.

Country fit & local delivery

History identity

June2026 privacy policy expressly names South Gate Tech EOOD trading as Perpetum at Betahaus Business Park,Sofia. This supplies a provider-stated operator identity, not a current official register extract or full local-employer map. Founder history and Beetroot’s2022 South Gate Tech transaction remain historical; present Beetroot ownership of Perpetum is not established.

Published document · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Published evidence, not an executed customer contract, operational trial, or legal opinion. Remaining country/product applicability and implementation require confirmation.

Offering scope

Perpetum offers EOR separately from recruitment, staff augmentation, contractor services and Build-Operate-Transfer. EOR covers a client-selected employee, employment documentation, payroll and statutory administration. It markets Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Poland, Colombia and India, with a focus on digital roles. Do not count its separate service lines or historical South Gate Tech operation as new competitors.

Provider statement · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

South gate history

Current Jobs.bg directly links South Gate Tech Ltd, EIK 205150575, to perpetum.net and names Perpetum in its expanded company description. Its register/NSSI-derived panel, updated July 2026, lists 8 employees and registration in 2018. A separate 25 IT-specialist figure has a different, unverified basis. These do not supersede Papagal’s historical 2021 headcount or establish audited group totals. South Gate’s own site states its March 2022 Beetroot acquisition; the current Perpetum ownership boundary remains unverified.

Published document · Sources

Country guide quality

The Bulgaria guide contains two different euro social-contribution ceilings on the same page: EUR 1,917 in the cost section and EUR 2,352 in its FAQ. Poland also labels a ceiling as 2025. These inconsistencies mean the calculator and guides should not be treated as a current country quote or definitive legal source. The conflicting figures are preserved without choosing either as correct.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Delivery entities

Colombia and India are explicitly delivered through local partners. Both guides promise one Perpetum account manager, contract and invoice, but do not name the legal employer. The inspected primary pages do not establish an owned-entity map for all five European markets. Employsome claims Bulgarian ownership, an unverified Romanian owned entity and other partner markets; these remain leads until legal names and registrations are checked.

Research finding · Sources

Onboarding europe

Provider guides estimate five to ten business days for Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, and seven to fourteen for Serbia and Ukraine-resident employees. Non-local immigration can take longer; the Bulgaria guide estimates six to ten weeks for non-EU nationals. These are marketing estimates with documentation and local-registration dependencies, not agreed start dates or independently verified immigration rules.

Provider statement · Sources

Partner onboarding

Colombia and India guides estimate seven to fourteen business days, confirmed by the local partner at engagement start. India focuses on senior engineering, data, AI/ML and solutions roles; state and establishment requirements can change the process. Individual role and worker eligibility still require case confirmation.

Provider statement · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Ukraine continuity

The Ukraine guide distinguishes resident employees from diaspora hires using host-country arrangements and promises a wartime risk briefing. It acknowledges mobilisation and continuity issues. No inspected contingency plan, power-disruption procedure, alternative employer or client-fund protection provision was obtained.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Costs, deposits & currency

Price and currency

Recovered EOR page has aGBP299 per employee/month headline plus10%gross salary, while its own FAQ saysUSD299 plus10%. Earlier calculator/Clutch listings also usedUSD; Employsome usedEUR. Currency remains inconsistent. Page promises no platform/setup/FX fees, but salary and statutory employer costs remain additional; obtain a signed all-in quote.

Provider statement · Sources

Funding and FX

Recovered EOR FAQ claims no deposit and no FX fees, but its footnote allows advance severance funding where required. Earlier Bulgaria article mentions a low deposit and calculator rates are indicative. These public statements conflict or concern different funding items. Exact deposit/prefund amount, custody, funding deadlines, rate benchmark and release conditions remain unverified.

Provider statement · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Published evidence, not an executed customer contract, operational trial, or legal opinion. Remaining country/product applicability and implementation require confirmation.

Country guide quality

The Bulgaria guide contains two different euro social-contribution ceilings on the same page: EUR 1,917 in the cost section and EUR 2,352 in its FAQ. Poland also labels a ceiling as 2025. These inconsistencies mean the calculator and guides should not be treated as a current country quote or definitive legal source. The conflicting figures are preserved without choosing either as correct.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Payroll that works in practice

Payroll gaps

Provider pages promise payroll, taxes, social contributions and statutory administration. No customer payslip workflow, funding cutoff, correction deadline, contractual accuracy guarantee, error compensation or measured payroll results was established. The four Clutch accounts do not test salary-payment accuracy.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Support & accountability

Support model

A dedicated account manager is included in the stated EOR fee. The contact page lists a Sofia office, a US telephone number and meeting/contact forms. Customers praise communication and hands-on management, but binding support hours, escalation coverage and response/resolution SLAs remain unavailable.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Delivery entities

Colombia and India are explicitly delivered through local partners. Both guides promise one Perpetum account manager, contract and invoice, but do not name the legal employer. The inspected primary pages do not establish an owned-entity map for all five European markets. Employsome claims Bulgarian ownership, an unverified Romanian owned entity and other partner markets; these remain leads until legal names and registrations are checked.

Research finding · Sources

Customer evidence

All four available Clutch accounts were expanded and read. They praise communication, recruiting, contractor sourcing and technical-support delivery; two have mixed employment context and two concern adjacent services. No adverse account or provider reply was observed. The anonymous data-platform customer may overlap with the named Alation account; four accounts are not asserted to represent four independent businesses. Goodfirms displays zero reviews.

Customer account · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Platforms & integrations

Employee scope

Recovered EOR page includes statutory benefits/leave administration, optional health/wellness/food-voucher benefits on request with claimed no markup, equipment sourcing/delivery, payslips and a single preferred-currency invoice. It does not establish premium-benefit/equipment costs are included in the base fee, an employee portal, expense reimbursement deadlines or binding payroll performance.

Provider statement · Sources

Platform gaps

The inspected service-led offer describes consolidated administration and billing. No public demonstrated employer dashboard, employee portal, local-partner portal arrangement, API, HRIS integration, granular permissions, reporting export or uptime commitment was found. A hiring-cost calculator is a sales tool, not evidence of an operational HR platform.

Research finding · Sources

Benefits & employee experience

Recruiting benefit scope

The Jobs.bg profile advertises 25 days paid leave, remote/flexible work, additional medical insurance, a sports card, training and team events for Perpetum outstaffing roles. These employer-authored recruitment statements are not independently reported employee experiences or a standard benefit package guaranteed to every EOR client.

Provider statement · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Read scope and evidence gaps retained; no source is treated as proof of terms outside its product and date.

Employee scope

Recovered EOR page includes statutory benefits/leave administration, optional health/wellness/food-voucher benefits on request with claimed no markup, equipment sourcing/delivery, payslips and a single preferred-currency invoice. It does not establish premium-benefit/equipment costs are included in the base fee, an employee portal, expense reimbursement deadlines or binding payroll performance.

Provider statement · Sources

Contracts & responsibility

Contract authority IP

The hiring guide says clients manage work while the EOR holds employment and payroll responsibilities. Country guides discuss worker IP clauses, including explicit Indian work-product provisions and separate treatment of pre-existing IP. No executed contract chain from worker through employer to customer, liability cap, indemnity, insurance schedule or local partner agreement was inspected.

Research finding · Sources

Switching & leaving an EOR

Exit and transfer

Recovered EOR page advertises30day exit notice and support transferring staff to the customer’s entity through novation, payroll handover and compliance documents. Local notice/severance remains country-dependent. These are marketing statements; signed minimum commitments, transfer charges, accrued-right continuity and fund-release terms are still missing.

Provider statement · Sources

Employee data & security

Security processing

Previously inaccessible privacy policy is now read in full, datedJune2026. It names South Gate Tech EOOD trading as Perpetum and covers website enquiries/bookings/chat/CRM/analytics. Named tools include Google Analytics, Calendly, Chatlab and Pipedrive, with SCC statements for overseas processing. Enquiries/bookings retained24months; CRM relationship plus36months; analytics14months; rights response30days. HTTPS and restricted CRM access claimed. This is not a full EOR-worker DPA, audit, subprocessor schedule or breach-notification SLA.

Published document · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Published evidence, not an executed customer contract, operational trial, or legal opinion. Remaining country/product applicability and implementation require confirmation.

Business stability & track record

Recruiting benefit scope

The Jobs.bg profile advertises 25 days paid leave, remote/flexible work, additional medical insurance, a sports card, training and team events for Perpetum outstaffing roles. These employer-authored recruitment statements are not independently reported employee experiences or a standard benefit package guaranteed to every EOR client.

Provider statement · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Read scope and evidence gaps retained; no source is treated as proof of terms outside its product and date.

History identity

June2026 privacy policy expressly names South Gate Tech EOOD trading as Perpetum at Betahaus Business Park,Sofia. This supplies a provider-stated operator identity, not a current official register extract or full local-employer map. Founder history and Beetroot’s2022 South Gate Tech transaction remain historical; present Beetroot ownership of Perpetum is not established.

Published document · Sources
Checked 2026-09-17

Published evidence, not an executed customer contract, operational trial, or legal opinion. Remaining country/product applicability and implementation require confirmation.

South gate history

Current Jobs.bg directly links South Gate Tech Ltd, EIK 205150575, to perpetum.net and names Perpetum in its expanded company description. Its register/NSSI-derived panel, updated July 2026, lists 8 employees and registration in 2018. A separate 25 IT-specialist figure has a different, unverified basis. These do not supersede Papagal’s historical 2021 headcount or establish audited group totals. South Gate’s own site states its March 2022 Beetroot acquisition; the current Perpetum ownership boundary remains unverified.

Published document · Sources

Country guide quality

The Bulgaria guide contains two different euro social-contribution ceilings on the same page: EUR 1,917 in the cost section and EUR 2,352 in its FAQ. Poland also labels a ceiling as 2025. These inconsistencies mean the calculator and guides should not be treated as a current country quote or definitive legal source. The conflicting figures are preserved without choosing either as correct.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Ukraine continuity

The Ukraine guide distinguishes resident employees from diaspora hires using host-country arrangements and promises a wartime risk briefing. It acknowledges mobilisation and continuity issues. No inspected contingency plan, power-disruption procedure, alternative employer or client-fund protection provision was obtained.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Review limitations

Clutch marks the four accounts Verified and online-submitted, but incentives and identity were not independently established. One Alation reviewer reports customer satisfaction above 95% for the technical support delivered to Alation’s customers; this is not Perpetum EOR satisfaction or payroll accuracy. Exact-name review-platform and complaint searches surfaced no additional attributable case; sparse evidence is not proof of problem-free service.

Research finding · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Customer evidence

All four available Clutch accounts were expanded and read. They praise communication, recruiting, contractor sourcing and technical-support delivery; two have mixed employment context and two concern adjacent services. No adverse account or provider reply was observed. The anonymous data-platform customer may overlap with the named Alation account; four accounts are not asserted to represent four independent businesses. Goodfirms displays zero reviews.

Customer account · Sources
Checked 2026-09-16

No private contract, quote, trial, outreach or audited financials. Country-guide legal statements are provider claims, not independently verified legal advice.

Pricing

Request a current quote

Salary, employer costs and deposits are separate. Plan the full cost ↗

Support & service

Offers a dedicated manager, with selected customer accounts supporting positive communication.

Accounts span recruitment and technical services, may overlap and do not establish an EOR resolution SLA. Sources & context ↗

THE SAME TEN CHECKS FOR EVERY PROVIDER

Evaluate perpetum for your hire.

Turn the assessment into questions for your own hire. These detailed checks sit underneath the seven scored areas; a selected account may be relevant to more than one check.

This provider has not yet had the full review classification used for our three-provider pilot. The questions below are checks to complete, not a service assessment.

01Country & local deliveryBuyer questions

Start with the actual employing entity, your role and the people delivering the service locally.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • Who will legally employ this person, and who delivers each local service?
  • Can you support our exact role, hiring country, working arrangement and expected duration?
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02Full cost & cash upfrontBuyer questions

Compare a full year of employment costs, extra charges, currency conversion and the cash tied up before payday.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • What will this specific hire cost over twelve months?
  • Which additional charges can arise, and who must approve them?
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03Payroll & correctionsBuyer questions

Trace an approved payroll through to payment, then find out who fixes an error and how quickly.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • How are payroll inputs, calculations and changes checked before approval?
  • What happens when an employee is paid incorrectly or late?
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04Support & accountabilityBuyer questions

Find the person who owns an urgent problem. Separate a quick acknowledgement from a resolved case.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • How does a buyer or employee reach a person who can own an urgent issue?
  • How quickly can we reach a specialist in our hiring country and language?
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05Platform & integrationsBuyer questions

Test the employer view, employee view and every local portal with your own hiring scenario.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

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  • Show us a complete employer workflow from adding a hire to changing their contract.
  • Show us the employee experience on web and mobile.
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06Employees & benefitsBuyer questions

Check country-specific benefits, leave, expenses and the day-to-day experience of the person you hire.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • Which benefits are actually available, who pays, and what choice does the employee have?
  • How are local leave, holidays, time records and unusual entitlements represented?
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07Contract responsibilitiesBuyer questions

Understand who can make decisions, approve charges and bear the cost when something goes wrong.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • Who bears the cost when advice, payroll or a filing is wrong?
  • Who can instruct local partners, appoint counsel or agree settlements?
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08Leaving & switchingBuyer questions

Settle notice, renewal, termination charges, deposit release and benefits continuity before you join.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • What are the minimum term, renewal rules, notice window and early exit charges?
  • Show us an ordinary departure and a disputed termination.
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09Security & privacyBuyer questions

Follow sensitive employee data through the platform, local partners, access controls and incident response.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • How do permissions, authentication and account recovery protect sensitive employee data?
  • Where does employee data go, and which subprocessors and local partners receive it?
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10Stability & track recordBuyer questions

Look beyond brand recognition to continuity plans, customer references and documented company events.

No review excerpt selected for this area. The scorecard above also assesses public documentation.

Ask perpetum

  • How will payroll and employment continue if your business or a key partner is disrupted?
  • What evidence should our leadership use to assess provider stability and track record?
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Country coverage

Confirm the employing entity and eligibility for your role before signing.

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Provider facts

ANONYMISED BUYING INSIGHTS

What the supplied call material adds.

Paraphrases from a privately supplied deal and ticket summary. The source is an EOR market participant with a commercial interest; we have not inspected the original recordings or full transcripts.

No call account for perpetum was supplied in this batch. We have not inferred one from another provider’s material.

Names, customer organisations and identifying details have been removed. These insights inform questions; they do not establish hidden charges, service failures or comparative popularity.

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Sources & evidence

Provider statements describe advertised terms. They are not independent audits.

  1. Company-history and service-term searches; commercial registry aggregators remain unverified leads
    Public web research · documentation · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Company-history and service-term searches; commercial registry aggregators remain unverified leads

    Public discovery research · Search excerpt only — further verification needed
  2. All four expanded Clutch customer accounts, default descending publication-date order
    Clutch · review platform · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    All four expanded Clutch customer accounts, default descending publication-date order

    Public customer accounts
  3. Hire in Colombia: EOR & Digital Talent via Perpetum | Latin America
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Colombia: EOR & Digital Talent via Perpetum | Latin America

    Provider issued
  4. Hire in Bulgaria: Salary, Cost, EOR, Recruitment | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Bulgaria: Salary, Cost, EOR, Recruitment | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  5. South Gate Tech has been acquired
    South Gate Tech · provider · Checked 17 Sept 2026

    Full current main page read; timeline iframe blank and not claimed inspected. States2018foundingbyKamenBochev andMarch2022acquisitionbyBeetrootAB. This describes software-development/outsourcing history. No legal transaction instrument,currentPerpetumparent orEORlicence established.

    Provider statement
  6. South Gate Tech Ltd / Perpetum employer profile
    Jobs.bg / South Gate Tech · documentation · Checked 17 Sept 2026

    Full profile and both expanded About and Career sections read after automatic device check. Exact EIK 205150575, perpetum.net link and Perpetum name establish profile match. Register/NSSI-derived panel says 8 employees and registration 2018, updated July 2026; separate 25 IT specialists is an employer profile figure. Four recent job headers read, not their full adverts. Benefits and working conditions are recruiting claims, not independent reviews.

    Public third-party source; profile claims and derived fields distinguished
  7. Beetroot Acquires Bulgarian IT Company South Gate Tech - Beetroot careers
    Beetroot · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Beetroot Acquires Bulgarian IT Company South Gate Tech - Beetroot careers

    Third-party profile or company-issued historical announcement; not an official registry extract
  8. Hire in Serbia: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Serbia: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  9. Your Hiring Problem. Solved. | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Your Hiring Problem. Solved. | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  10. Contact Perpetum | Book a Discovery Call
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Contact Perpetum | Book a Discovery Call

    Provider issued
  11. How to Hire Software Developers in Bulgaria the Right Way
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    How to Hire Software Developers in Bulgaria the Right Way

    Provider issued
  12. Employer of Record - Perpetum
    Perpetum · documentation · Checked 17 Sept 2026

    Access recovery: substantive public document inspected; findings and limitations recorded separately.

    Provider-issued material
  13. About Perpetum | Global Digital Staffing & EOR
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 15 Sept 2026

    About Perpetum | Global Digital Staffing & EOR

    Provider issued
  14. Hire in Romania: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Romania: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  15. Hire in Poland: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Poland: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  16. Privacy Policy - Perpetum
    Perpetum · documentation · Checked 17 Sept 2026

    Access recovery: substantive public document inspected; findings and limitations recorded separately.

    Provider-issued material
  17. Hire in India: EOR & Senior Tech Talent via Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in India: EOR & Senior Tech Talent via Perpetum

    Provider issued
  18. Hire in Ukraine: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hire in Ukraine: EOR, Salaries & Hiring Guide 2026 | Perpetum

    Provider issued
  19. Hiring Cost Calculator - Eastern Europe, LATAM & India
    Perpetum · provider · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Hiring Cost Calculator - Eastern Europe, LATAM & India

    Provider issued
  20. Perpetum EOR package price and scope on Clutch; provider-supplied marketing
    Clutch · review platform · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Perpetum EOR package price and scope on Clutch; provider-supplied marketing

    Provider-supplied listing
  21. Perpetum Reviews & Ratings | Goodfirms
    Goodfirms · review platform · Checked 16 Sept 2026

    Perpetum Reviews & Ratings | Goodfirms

    Third-party profile or company-issued historical announcement; not an official registry extract
  22. South Gate Tech Ltd company directory record
    Papagal.bg · documentation · Checked 17 Sept 2026

    Complete201-line cached directory record read. Data updated4September2025; not current2026registryextract. Names SouthGateTechEOOD,EIK205150575,registration31May2018,capitalBGN10010,KamenBochev asmanager/soleowner;2021revenueBGN2203000 and15employees. Historical snapshot and third-party interpretation; no Perpetum standalone financials or currentownership established.

    Public third-party source; scope retained
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