Genus PLC
Registered name: GENUS PLC
Genus PLC made £673m revenue and £19.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Genus PLC’s revenue grew 1% to £673m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £19.3m profit and 3,307 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care)” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £690m | £669m | £673m |
| Operating profit | £40.5m | £6.4m | £42.4m |
| Profit before tax | £39.4m | £5.5m | £28.5m |
| Profit after tax | £31.8m | £2.4m | £19.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £31.8m | £2.4m | £19.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3,628 | 3,581 | 3,307 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 0.4% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £187k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £670 | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼92.5% | ▲704.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 3,307
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Brazilian Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Genus Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Genus Quest Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Genus Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sygen International LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £19.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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