Farplants Sales Limited
Registered name: FARPLANTS SALES LIMITED
Farplants Sales Limited made £23.2m revenue and £306k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Farplants Sales Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £23.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £306k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of flowers and plants” and is based in Arundel; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Arundel, South East
- Age
- 34 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Farplants Group Limited, incorporated in the UK. The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Farplants Group Limited. These fin”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.3m | £23m | £23m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.8m | £16.3m | −£16.6m | −£16.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £6.7m | £6.4m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £64k | £366k | £331k | £404k |
| Profit before tax | £61.1k | £346k | £331k | £410k |
| Profit after tax | £52.3k | £270k | £248k | £306k |
| Profit (best available) | £52.3k | £270k | £248k | £306k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 61 | 60 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 28.9% | 28% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £462k | £377k | £383k | £347k |
| Profit per employee | £917 | £4.4k | £4.1k | £4.6k |
| Cash conversion | 2095% | 213% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼8.3% | ▲23.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1.6% | ▲11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £907k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £46.2k | £45.9k | — | — |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £241k | £290k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £780k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £347k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £306k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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