Planb Professional Services Limited
Registered name: PLANB PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Planb Holdings Limited groupPlanb Professional Services Limited made £13.3m revenue and £817k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Planb Professional Services Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £817k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
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) | £17.7m | £15.1m | £16.2m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £12.7m | £13.8m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £978k | £776k | £818k | £817k |
| Profit (best available) | £978k | £776k | £818k | £817k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.6m | £1.1m | £651k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 15.9% | 14.9% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £739k | £756k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £40.8k | £38.8k | £58.4k | £81.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲7.1% | ▼18% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.7% | ▲5.3% | ▼0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼30% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £811k | £606k | £493k | £624k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £9.4k | £4.9k | £1.1k | £2.3k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £624k
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲113%
- Now £2.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Planb Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Planb Corporation Limited75–100%
- Planb Professional Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Plan2b LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £817k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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