Plain Bear Limited
Registered name: PLAIN BEAR LIMITED
Plain Bear Limited made £75.3k revenue and a £10.2k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Plain Bear Limited’s revenue fell 51% to £75.3k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £10.2k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other men's outerwear” and is based in Framfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Framfield, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £237k | £165k | £155k | £75.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£22.8k | −£38.6k | −£595 | −£10.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£22.8k | −£38.6k | −£595 | −£10.2k |
| Staff costs | £74.1k | £62.7k | £41k | £19.1k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.6% | −23.4% | −0.4% | −13.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £165k | £31k | £37.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£38.6k | −£119 | −£5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.5% | ▼6.1% | ▼51.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲400% | ▼60% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £88.6k | £55.2k | £64.4k | £24.8k |
| Fixed assets | £7.1k | £6.1k | £3.9k | £3k |
| Current assets | £81.5k | £69.5k | £68.3k | £39.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼62%
- Now £24.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼60%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £3k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£10.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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