Plodit Limited
Registered name: PLODIT LIMITED
Plodit Limited made £43.3m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Plodit Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £43.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.1m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.9m | £22.6m | £36m | £43.3m |
| Cost of sales | £20.6m | £19.7m | £33.1m | £39.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £71k | £46k | £773k | £231k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 7.6% | 2.8% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 12.8% | 8.2% | 9.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.8m | £4.5m | £6m | £8.7m |
| Profit per employee | £341k | £346k | £169k | £417k |
| Cash conversion | −107.2% | −54.2% | −136.3% | −49% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▲59.1% | ▲20.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼41.4% | ▲105.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.9m | £4m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7.1m | £8.1m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £101k | £142k | £161k | £300k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £10.3m | £11.1m | £13.5m |
| Debtors | £33.4k | £12.3k | £1.2m | £826k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.8m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £417k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −49%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲86%
- Now £300k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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