Polbook Limited
Registered name: POLBOOK LIMITED
Polbook Limited made £23.6k revenue and a £518 loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Polbook Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £23.6k in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £518 and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.8k | £37.1k | £23.3k | £23.6k |
| Cost of sales | £27.6k | £14k | £2.5k | £15.8k |
| Gross profit | £15.3k | £23.1k | £20.7k | £7.8k |
| Operating profit | −£11.2k | −£3.6k | £3.6k | −£272 |
| Profit before tax | −£21.2k | −£3.6k | £615 | −£518 |
| Profit after tax | −£21.2k | −£3.6k | £499 | −£518 |
| Profit (best available) | −£21.2k | −£3.6k | £499 | −£518 |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −49.5% | −9.6% | 2.1% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 62.2% | 89.1% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.3k | £12.4k | £11.6k | £23.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.1k | −£1.2k | £250 | −£518 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.3% | ▼37.4% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼203.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼33.3% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.2k | £3.4k | £0 | £25.1k |
| Net assets | −£21.2k | −£3.6k | £616 | £98 |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £12.5k | £8.5k | — |
| Current assets | £18.8k | £3.4k | £10k | £25.1k |
| Debtors | £14.6k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£518
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼84%
- Now £98
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £25.1k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£518), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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