Red Poppy (UK) Limited
Registered name: RED POPPY (UK) LIMITED
Red Poppy (UK) Limited made £75.9m revenue and a £12.8m loss in the year to 27 Apr 2025.
Red Poppy (UK) Limited’s revenue was £75.9m in the year to 27 Apr 2025, with a loss of £12.8m and 1,190 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 27 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2024 | 27 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £114m | £114m | £75.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£83.5m | −£83.5m | −£53.5m |
| Gross profit | £30.7m | £30.7m | £22.4m |
| Operating profit | −£14.9m | £27.4m | −£6.6m |
| Profit before tax | £32.2m | £32.2m | −£14.4m |
| Profit after tax | £23.7m | £23.7m | −£12.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £23.7m | £23.7m | −£12.8m |
| Employees (average) | 1,192 | 1,192 | 1,190 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.8% | 20.8% | −16.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.9% | 26.9% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £95.8k | £95.8k | £63.8k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £19.9k | −£10.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1,190
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Falcombe Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Apr 2025 (profit −£12.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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