Heyside Plastics Ltd
Registered name: HEYSIDE PLASTICS LTD
Heyside Plastics Ltd made £7.7m revenue and £568k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Heyside Plastics Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £568k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Oldham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £8.2m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £5.2m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £660k | £927k | £859k |
| Profit before tax | £393k | £763k | £584k |
| Profit after tax | £389k | £560k | £568k |
| Profit (best available) | £389k | £560k | £568k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 73 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 6.8% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.3% | 36.4% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £112k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £7.7k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | −163.4% | −169.7% | −172.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5% | ▼6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.1% | ▲1.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.2% | ▼20.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £444k | £437k | £294k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.6m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −172.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £294k
- Headcount
- ▼21%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £5.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £568k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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