Planet Labs UK 2 Ltd.
Registered name: PLANET LABS UK 2 LTD.
Part of Planet Labs Pbc groupPlanet Labs UK 2 Ltd. made £3.9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Jan 2024. read from filing text
Planet Labs UK 2 Ltd.’s revenue was £3.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with a loss of £1.1m and 25 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “In 2024 the immediate parent company was PL Foreign Holdco Inc., a company incorporated in the USA.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 25 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −28% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k |
| Profit per employee | −£43.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £484k |
| Net assets | £370k |
| Current assets | £766k |
| Debtors | £282k |
| Deferred income | £154k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −28%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £154k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43.3k
- 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
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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 £370k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £484k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £154k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Planet Labs Pbc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Planet Labs UK 2 Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2024 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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