The Plant Area Limited
Registered name: THE PLANT AREA LIMITED
The Plant Area Limited made £3m revenue and a £12.4k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Plant Area Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £12.4k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Guildford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £55.8k | −£89.5k | £29.4k |
| Profit before tax | £13.3k | −£149k | −£15.3k |
| Profit after tax | £10.8k | −£121k | −£12.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.8k | −£121k | −£12.4k |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 58 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −3.5% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 53.9% | 52.9% | 54.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.2k | £58.9k | £54.5k |
| Profit per employee | £189 | −£2.1k | −£225 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1221% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £359k | £173k | £439k |
| Net assets | £691k | £618k | £595k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £1m | £754k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £7.3k | £10.1k | £7.3k |
| Deferred income | £15.3k | £11.6k | £10.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£225
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £595k
- Cash at bank
- ▲154%
- Now £439k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £10.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£12.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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