EU Plants Limited
Registered name: EU PLANTS LIMITED
EU Plants Limited made £7m revenue and £896k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
EU Plants Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £896k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “plant propagation” and is based in Wokingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wokingham, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £5.9m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £4.4m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | £877k | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £429k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £381k | £962k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £450k | £720k | £896k |
| Profit (best available) | £450k | £720k | £896k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 111 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 12.2% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 25.2% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.5k | £53k | £71.8k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £6.5k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | −142% | −236.2% | −121% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲59.9% | ▲24.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.2% | ▼12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £343k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £5.2m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £6.7m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £564k | £314k | £55.3k |
| Deferred income | £826k | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£609k | −£2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −121%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 98.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £6.8m
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 £896k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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