Plantexpand Limited
Registered name: PLANTEXPAND LIMITED
Part of PC Invest Pe Ltd groupPlantexpand Limited made £14m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Plantexpand Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £14m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.8m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Weybridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weybridge, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private 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. From the filing: “Project Fleet Newco Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.5m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.7m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.7m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £520k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £519k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £493k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £493k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 72 | 99 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.7% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 54.7% | 59% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £145k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.8k | £18.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −26.5% | −39.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲34.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲268% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44% | ▲37.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £700k | £483k | £1m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.1m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £625k | £756k | £699k |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £6.1m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £724k | £995k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £245k | £256k | £182k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£138k | −£711k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −39.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲38%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £182k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £699k
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
- PC Invest Pe Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- PC Invest Pe Topco Limited75–100%
- PC Invest Pe Midco Limited75–100%
- PC Invest Pe Bidco Limited75–100%
- Project Fleet Newco Limited75–100%
- Plantexpand Limitedthis 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 Jan 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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