Robert Coates (Plant Sales) Limited
Registered name: ROBERT COATES (PLANT SALES) LIMITED
Robert Coates (Plant Sales) Limited made £11.3m revenue and £559k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Robert Coates (Plant Sales) Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £559k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of mining, construction and civil engineering machinery” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £15.8m | £13.6m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £13.7m | £12.5m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £892k | £1.8m | £571k | £770k |
| Profit before tax | £877k | £1.8m | £571k | £746k |
| Profit after tax | £723k | £1.4m | £426k | £559k |
| Profit (best available) | £723k | £1.4m | £426k | £559k |
| Staff costs | £227k | £275k | £348k | £390k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 8.8% | 3.1% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 13.3% | 7.9% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £944k |
| Profit per employee | £80.3k | £138k | £38.8k | £46.6k |
| Cash conversion | −182.3% | −33.8% | 90.8% | −45.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.3% | ▼13.9% | ▼16.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲91% | ▼69.1% | ▲31.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲10% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £5.1m | £5.5m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £869k | £1.8m | £712k | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £69.1k | £119k | £83.5k | £98.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£593k | £519k | −£353k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £944k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −45.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £98.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £559k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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