PLK Venture UK Ltd
Registered name: PLK VENTURE UK LTD
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupPLK Venture UK Ltd made £178m revenue and a £6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
PLK Venture UK Ltd’s revenue grew 50% to £178m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6m and 3,420 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.1m | £119m | £178m |
| Cost of sales | −£21m | −£41.4m | −£62m |
| Gross profit | £37.1m | £77.4m | £116m |
| Operating profit | −£10.4m | −£2.4m | −£6m |
| Profit before tax | −£10.4m | −£2.4m | −£6m |
| Profit after tax | −£10.4m | −£2.4m | −£6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£10.4m | −£2.4m | −£6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,492 | 2,179 | 3,420 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −17.9% | −2% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 65.1% | 65.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £39k | £54.5k | £52k |
| Profit per employee | −£7k | −£1.1k | −£1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.5% | ▲49.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.1% | ▲57% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲57%
- Now 3,420
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Priam General Partner Limited75–100%
- Priam Acquisitions Limited50–75%
- PLK Venture UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- PLK Chicken UK LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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