Plusnet PLC
Registered name: PLUSNET PLC
Part of BT Group PLC groupPlusnet PLC made £337m revenue and £67.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Plusnet PLC’s revenue fell 2% to £337m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £67.3m profit and 687 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Public 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £402m | £342m | £337m |
| Cost of sales | −£239m | −£221m | −£225m |
| Gross profit | £162m | £122m | £112m |
| Operating profit | £71.9m | £61.8m | £62.5m |
| Profit before tax | £82.3m | £70.9m | £69.2m |
| Profit after tax | £80.7m | £69.4m | £67.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £80.7m | £69.4m | £67.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,077 | 944 | 687 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.1% | 20.3% | 20% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 35.6% | 33.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £373k | £363k | £490k |
| Profit per employee | £74.9k | £73.5k | £97.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14% | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.3% | ▼27.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £490k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £97.9k
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now 687
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BT Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- BT Group Investments Limited75–100%
- British Telecommunications Limited75–100%
- Plusnet PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (28)
- BT Solutions LimitedRev. £21.9m · Profit −£921k
- Holland House (Northern) LimitedRev. £200k · Profit £187k
- Autumnwindow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autumnwindow NO.2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autumnwindow NO.3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bpslp LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bruning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT (RRS LP) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Corporate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Corporate Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT European Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Finance PLCFigures not disclosed
- BT Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Iot Networks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Ninety-Seven LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Property Holdings (Aberdeen) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Quartz Euston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Ranger UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Sle Euro LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BT Sle Usd LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ee Group Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newgate Street Secretaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Openreach LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Radianz LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southgate Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TNT Sports Broadcasting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Telehouse International Corporation of Europe LtdOther information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £279m
- Profit
- £63.2m
- Staff
- —
- Rightmove PLCMilton Keynes · Other information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £425m
- Profit
- £217m
- Staff
- 900
- Virtus Data Centres Properties LimitedLondon · Other information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £427m
- Profit
- £8.8m
- Staff
- —
- Trainline PLCLondon · Other information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £453m
- Profit
- £79.8m
- Staff
- —
- Onnec Group LimitedLondon · Other information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £193m
- Profit
- £13.5m
- Staff
- 722
- Corsair Components LimitedWokingham · Other information technology service activities
- Revenue
- £592m
- Profit
- £13m
- Staff
- 81
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £67.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.