Plaion Limited
Registered name: PLAION LIMITED
Plaion Limited made £33m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Plaion Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £33m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture distribution activities” and is based in Theale; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Theale, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £43.9m | £42m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£37.7m | −£35.3m | −£27.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.2m | £6.7m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.1m | £3.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.9m | £3.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.6m | £1.5m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.6m | £1.5m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 225 | 79 | 86 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.3% | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 14.1% | 15.9% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £556k | £489k | £423k |
| Profit per employee | £15.7k | £15.8k | £18.5k | £30.4k | £26.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼4.3% | ▼21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.5% | ▼58.9% | ▲79% | ▼22% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲49% | ▼64.9% | ▲8.9% | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £3.2m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.9m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £524k | £372k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £13.2m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £11.5m | £9.1m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £3.6m | £3m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £423k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.1k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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