Hibiscus PLC
Registered name: HIBISCUS PLC
Part of Hibiscus Holdings PLC groupHibiscus PLC made £4.7m revenue and £243k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Hibiscus PLC’s revenue grew 3% to £4.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £243k profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of printed labels”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.6m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £399k | £367k |
| Profit before tax | £341k | £312k |
| Profit after tax | £261k | £243k |
| Profit (best available) | £261k | £243k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 42.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | −98.6% | −103% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £20k | £14.9k |
| Net assets | £746k | £774k |
| Fixed assets | £54k | £36k |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £764k | £829k |
| Deferred income | £51.3k | £36.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£394k | −£379k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −103%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £774k
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £14.9k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £36.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £36k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hibiscus Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Hibiscus PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £243k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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