UK Planet Tools Limited
Registered name: UK PLANET TOOLS LIMITED
Part of Ross Osborne Group Ltd groupUK Planet Tools Limited made £50.5m revenue and £262k profit in the year to 26 Feb 2025.
UK Planet Tools Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £50.5m in the year to 26 Feb 2025, with £262k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Towcester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Towcester, East Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “Ross Osborne Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 26 Feb 2023 | 26 Feb 2024 | 26 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.2m | £40.5m | £42.9m | £50.5m |
| Cost of sales | £40.1m | £36.5m | £36.5m | £44.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4m | £6.3m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.5m | £144k | £234k |
| Profit before tax | £155k | −£1.6m | £55.3k | £358k |
| Profit after tax | £138k | −£1.6m | £44.8k | £262k |
| Profit (best available) | £138k | −£1.6m | £44.8k | £262k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 53 | 47 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −3.9% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 9.8% | 14.8% | 11.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £763k | £912k | £919k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | −£30k | £953 | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲6% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1252% | — | ▲484% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▼11.3% | ▲17% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £825k | £48.4k | £489k | £152k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £6m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £408k | £383k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £11.8m | £10.7m | £12.4m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | £24k | £90.4k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £919k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £152k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲284%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ross Osborne Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- UK Planet Tools Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Compare the Tools LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Feb 2025 (profit £262k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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