Plastics Capital Trading Limited
Registered name: PLASTICS CAPITAL TRADING LIMITED
Part of BPF1 Limited groupPlastics Capital Trading Limited made £1.3m revenue and a £7.4m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Plastics Capital Trading Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £7.4m and 9 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Knaresborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knaresborough, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “For the year ended 31 March 2025, the company was a subsidiary of Synnovia Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company of the group is BPF1 Limited, a company incorporated ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £2.4m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | −£1.1m | −£1.2m | −£4.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.6m | −£2.8m | −£5.5m | −£8.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.6m | −£2.6m | −£4.5m | −£7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.6m | −£2.6m | −£4.5m | −£7.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £695k | £919k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −193.9% | −108.8% | −411.4% | −552.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £299k | £266k | £135k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£581k | −£290k | −£557k | −£820k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | ▼54.8% | ▲23.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼11.1% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1k | £1k | £57.2k | £1m |
| Net assets | −£20.2m | −£22.8m | −£27.3m | −£34.7m |
| Fixed assets | £31.2m | £31.5m | £30.6m | £26.4m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £8.3m | £10.4m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £8.3m | £10.3m | £7.5m |
| Deferred income | £589k | £358k | £414k | £173k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −552.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£820k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1978%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 564.8%
- 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 −£34.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1677%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £173k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £26.4m
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
- BPF1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Synnovia Limited75–100%
- Plastics Capital Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Flexipol Packaging LimitedRev. £43.2m · Profit −£1.1m
- BNL (UK) LimitedRev. £11.7m · Profit −£1.5m
- C & T Matrix LimitedRev. £6.3m · Profit −£688k
- Bell Plastics LimitedRev. — · Profit £281k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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