Potter & Moore PLC
Registered name: POTTER & MOORE PLC
Potter & Moore PLC made £53.8m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Potter & Moore PLC’s revenue was £53.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.1m profit and 379 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.2m | £54.1m | £53.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£30.4m | −£29.9m | −£29.7m |
| Gross profit | £22.8m | £24.2m | £24.2m |
| Operating profit | −£2.9m | £3.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.3m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 407 | 378 | 379 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.6% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 42.9% | 44.7% | 44.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £143k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.7k | £6.5k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▲0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- 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 379
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Potter & Moore (Devon ) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Potter & Moore Innovations LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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