Polymermedics Limited
Registered name: POLYMERMEDICS LIMITED
Polymermedics Limited made £9.4m revenue and a £236k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Polymermedics Limited’s revenue was £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £236k and 67 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in ST Austell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Austell, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “Gamma Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £509k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | −£215k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£236k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.5m | −£236k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 71 | 66 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 31.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £140k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £23.3k | −£3.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 522.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼115.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼7% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £586k | £903k | — | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £6.5m | — | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £9.6m | — | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £914k | £441k | £935k | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | £2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 522.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- —
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £1.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£236k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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