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Company No. 01013613 · Incorporated 8 Jun 1971

Armour Plastics Limited

Registered name: ARMOUR PLASTICS LIMITED

Part of Armour Holdings Limited group

Armour Plastics Limited made £10m revenue and £645k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Armour Plastics Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £10m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £645k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Sunderland; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Sunderland, North East
Age
55 yrs · since 1971
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: “The controlling party is S M Mulloy.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£10m
Growth ▼2.8%
Profit
£645k
Growth ▼22.8%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 30%
Employees
69
Change ▲7.8%
Profit / employee
£9.4k
Revenue/employee £144k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202430 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.3m£10m
Cost of sales£6.9m£7m
Gross profit£3.4m£3m
Operating profit£1.1m£811k
Profit before tax£1.1m£845k
Profit after tax£836k£645k
Profit (best available)£836k£645k
Staff costs£2.3m£2.3m
Employees (average)6469
Ratios
Profit margin8.2%6.5%
Gross margin32.8%30%
Revenue per employee£160k£144k
Profit per employee£13.1k£9.4k
Cash conversion−118.6%−167.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼2.8%
Profit growth—▼22.8%
Headcount growth—▲7.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£3.2m
Net assets£5m£5.6m
Fixed assets£1m£956k
Current assets£6.3m£7m
Debtors£1.8m£1.8m
Deferred income£6.6k£4.9k
Cash from operations−£1.3m−£1.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£144k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−167.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲13%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▲44%
Now £3.2m
Headcount
▲8%
Now 69
Deferred income
▼25%
Now £4.9k
Fixed assets
▼7%
Now £956k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Armour Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Armour Plastics Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £645k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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