Satco Plastics Limited
Registered name: SATCO PLASTICS LIMITED
Satco Plastics Limited made £34.3m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Satco Plastics Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £34.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.2m profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Foster Avenue Dunstable; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Foster Avenue Dunstable, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.5m | £29.1m | £31.1m | £34.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £17.4m | £17.9m | £19.6m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £11.7m | £13.3m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £5.9m | £4m | £4.6m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £5.9m | £4m | £4.7m | £5.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.6m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.6m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 55 | 68 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | 11% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 40.3% | 42.6% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £576k | £528k | £458k | £527k |
| Profit per employee | £86.8k | £58k | £55.3k | £64.9k |
| Cash conversion | 90% | 136% | 66.1% | 81% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▲7.1% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.7% | ▲17.8% | ▲12.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲23.6% | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £4.7m | £5m | £4.4m |
| Net assets | £11.1m | £12.4m | £14m | £15.6m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £10.7m | £10.6m | £13m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £9.1m | £9.5m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £68.7k | £403k | £486k | £418k |
| Cash from operations | £5.3m | £5.5m | £3.1m | £4.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £527k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 81%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £15.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £4.4m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £418k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £13m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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