Plastic Technology Services Limited
Registered name: PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Pts (Scotland) Ltd groupPlastic Technology Services Limited made £12.4m revenue and £661k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Plastic Technology Services Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £661k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Dumfries; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dumfries, Scotland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.3m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £707k | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £16.1k | £983k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£121k | £878k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £40.5k | £661k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £40.5k | £661k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 40 | — | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.4% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 6.3% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £282k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £15k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 3905% | 138.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1534% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.2% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £571k | £504k | £247k | £699k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £5.3m | £4.8m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £610k | £670k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £627k | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £282k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 138.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲183%
- Now £699k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £670k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £4.3m
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
- Pts (Scotland) Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Plastic Technology Services Limitedthis 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 Oct 2025 (profit £661k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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