Fusion Plastics Limited
Registered name: FUSION PLASTICS LIMITED
Part of Avk Holding a/S groupFusion Plastics Limited made £7.9m revenue and a £770k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
Fusion Plastics Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £7.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £770k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£857k | −£548k |
| Profit before tax | −£899k | −£600k |
| Profit after tax | −£649k | −£770k |
| Profit (best available) | −£649k | −£770k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.1% | −9.8% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £96.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.4k | −£9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £205k | £424k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £29.5m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £9k |
| Deferred income | £668k | £312k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲107%
- Now £424k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £312k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Avk Holding a/Sultimate parent75–100%
- Fusion Investco Limited75–100%
- Fusion Group Limited75–100%
- Fusion Plastics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fusion Group Manufacturing 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 30 Sep 2023 (profit −£770k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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