Plastic Extruders Limited
Registered name: PLASTIC EXTRUDERS LIMITED
Plastic Extruders Limited made £16.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 2 Apr 2024.
Plastic Extruders Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £16.3m in the year to 2 Apr 2024, with £1.3m profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Essex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Apr 2023 | 2 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £222k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £27.3k | £16.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 2 Apr 2024 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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