Puffin Plastics Retail Ltd
Registered name: PUFFIN PLASTICS RETAIL LTD
Puffin Plastics Retail Ltd made £351k revenue and a £9.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Puffin Plastics Retail Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £351k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £9.7k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Petersfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Petersfield, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £397k | £396k | £371k | £351k |
| Profit after tax | −£15.3k | £6.4k | −£2.5k | −£9.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£15.3k | £6.4k | −£2.5k | −£9.7k |
| Staff costs | £124k | £106k | £114k | £110k |
| Employees (average) | — | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | 1.6% | −0.7% | −2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £66.1k | £61.8k | £70.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.1k | −£423 | −£1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼6.5% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼139.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£69.3k | −£62.4k | −£64.3k | −£73.3k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £0 | £5.7k |
| Current assets | £8.1k | £11.3k | £17.5k | £20k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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 −£73.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £5.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£9.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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