Powerday PLC
Registered name: POWERDAY PLC
Powerday PLC made £75.6m revenue and £11.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Powerday PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £75.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £11.2m profit and 306 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in London; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 1 Aug 2023 | 2 Aug 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52.7m | £65m | £347k | £347k | £72.7m | £75.6m |
| Cost of sales | £34.6m | £41.2m | £131k | £131k | £48.3m | £50.9m |
| Gross profit | £18.1m | £23.9m | £216k | £216k | £24.5m | £24.8m |
| Operating profit | −£388k | £9.5m | £142k | £142k | £16.3m | £12.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£183k | £10.4m | £147k | £147k | £18.1m | £13.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £6.8m | £110k | £110k | £13.8m | £11.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £6.8m | £110k | £110k | £13.8m | £11.2m |
| Staff costs | £11m | £13m | £51.1k | £51.1k | £15.2m | £15.7m |
| Employees (average) | 227 | 248 | 255 | 255 | 279 | 306 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | 10.4% | 31.7% | 31.7% | 19% | 14.8% |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 36.7% | 62.3% | 62.3% | 33.6% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £232k | £262k | £1.4k | £1.4k | £261k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.8k | £27.4k | £431 | £431 | £49.5k | £36.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 175.7% | 63.4% | 63.4% | 110.4% | 132.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.5% | — | — | ▲20880% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▲12465% | ▼19.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | — | — | ▲9.4% | ▲9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £32.1m | £40.7m | £40.6m | £40.6m | £35m | £35.3m |
| Net assets | £67.2m | £73.5m | £73.6m | £73.6m | £86.9m | £97.3m |
| Fixed assets | £27.2m | £31.3m | £31.4m | £31.4m | £48.2m | £55.3m |
| Current assets | £52.2m | £56.8m | £56.2m | £56.2m | £58.9m | £62.3m |
| Debtors | £6.6m | £9m | £8.5m | £8.5m | £10.4m | £10.6m |
| Cash from operations | £17.6m | £16.7m | £90.1k | £90.1k | £18m | £16m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 132.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £97.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £35.3m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 306
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £55.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- C&G Demolition & Site Clearance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Economic Skips LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Howard House Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thorney Mill Rail Sidings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £11.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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