Palram DPL Limited
Registered name: PALRAM DPL LIMITED
Part of Palram Industries (1990) Ltd groupPalram DPL Limited made £14.7m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Palram DPL Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic plates, sheets, tubes and profiles” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.3m | £16.6m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £16m | £14.7m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £2m | −£495k |
| Operating profit | −£419k | £106k | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£500k | £1.6m | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£337k | £1.6m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£337k | £1.6m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.1m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 85 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | 9.4% | −10.3% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 11.9% | −3.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £196k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | £18.3k | −£19.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼196.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £77.1k | £77.7k | £61.4k |
| Net assets | £865k | £2.4m | £916k |
| Fixed assets | £6.5m | £6.6m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £8.4m | £7m |
| Debtors | £25.3k | £48k | £13.5k |
| Deferred income | — | £45k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼62%
- Now £916k
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £61.4k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £6.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Palram Industries (1990) Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Palram DPL Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hygienik Systems LimitedRev. £9.6m · Profit £738k
- Amclad 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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