Plant Lipids UK Limited
Registered name: PLANT LIPIDS UK LIMITED
Plant Lipids UK Limited made £39.1m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Plant Lipids UK Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £39.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Corby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Corby, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.8m | £30.7m | £39.1m |
| Cost of sales | £26.8m | £26.7m | £34.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.9m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £924k | £794k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £924k | £794k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | £1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 22 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.1% | 12.8% | 12.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £51.3k | £36.1k | £50.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 232.4% | −157.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▲66.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £105k | £1.5m | £193k |
| Net assets | −£144k | £859k | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £914k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £24.2k | £27.5k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £3.5m | −£2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −157.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲154%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £193k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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