Quattro Plant Limited
Registered name: QUATTRO PLANT LIMITED
Part of Quattro Group Limited groupQuattro Plant Limited made £53.4m revenue and a £4.3m loss in the year to 1 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Quattro Plant Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £53.4m in the year to 1 Dec 2024, with a loss of £4.3m and 213 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Quattro Group Limited. The registered office is Greenway Court, Canning Road, Stratford, London, E15 3ND. Both companies were incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Nov 2022 | 26 Nov 2023 | 1 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.3m | £55m | £53.4m |
| Cost of sales | £29.1m | £32.8m | £34m |
| Gross profit | £16.2m | £22.2m | £19.4m |
| Operating profit | −£84.6k | £5.5m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | £3.4m | −£4.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£706k | £2.4m | −£4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£706k | £2.4m | −£4.3m |
| Staff costs | £13.9m | £15.3m | £14.3m |
| Employees (average) | 217 | 222 | 213 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | 4.4% | −8.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 40.4% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £248k | £251k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.3k | £10.8k | −£20.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −88% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼281.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £633k | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £16.7m | £19.1m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £27.1m | £26.8m | £31.3m |
| Current assets | £23m | £29.4m | £25.6m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £451k | £1.7m | £917k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£4.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £251k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 213
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £917k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £31.3m
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
- Quattro Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Quattro Plant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- AB2K LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quattro Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quattro Occupational Training Academy 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 1 Dec 2024 (profit −£4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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