Kernock Park Plants Limited
Registered name: KERNOCK PARK PLANTS LIMITED
Kernock Park Plants Limited made £4.9m revenue and £178k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Kernock Park Plants Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £4.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £178k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “plant propagation” and is based in Cornwall; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cornwall, South West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £959k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £118k | £484k | £242k |
| Profit after tax | £71.8k | £80.9k | £379k | £178k |
| Profit (best available) | £71.8k | £80.9k | £379k | £178k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 69 | 66 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.8% | 7.8% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 21.8% | 24.1% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.5k | £63.9k | £73.3k | £72.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £1.2k | £5.7k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.5% | ▲9.7% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲368.7% | ▼53.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼4.3% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3m | £4m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £416k | £304k | £480k | £319k |
| Deferred income | £89.3k | £69.9k | £69.2k | £157k |
| Cash from operations | — | £134k | £294k | £845k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 80.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲127%
- Now £157k
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £178k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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