PLUM PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Cash
£899k
+71.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.9m
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
39
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£36k
+106.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,313,524 | £11,428,118 | £12,355,684 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,062,301 | -£457,919 | £161,650 | +135.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,153,047 | -£563,425 | £36,201 | +106.4% | |
| Net profit | -£974,163 | -£466,416 | £41,239 | +108.8% | |
| Cash | £1,294,744 | £524,443 | £899,144 | +71.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,616,318 | £3,086,654 | £2,917,340 | -5.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,366,318 | £2,936,654 | £2,867,340 | -2.4% | |
| Equity | £3,366,318 | £2,936,654 | £2,867,340 | -2.4% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 39 | 39 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,581,442 | £1,470,253 | £1,485,634 | +1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £135,000 | £140,359 | £143,380 | +2.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.3% | -4.0% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | -9.4% | -4.1% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -29.4% | -14.8% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.02x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | -10.61x | -4.18x | 1.27x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLUM PRODUCTS LIMITED 2000-12-11 → present
- INTERMARKET AGENCIES LIMITED 1988-09-09 → 2000-12-11
- TRANSFER TRADING LIMITED 1988-08-09 → 1988-09-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PLUM PRODUCTS LIMITED · parent
- Plum Products Hong Kong Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group is expanding its US position having been impacted by a previous partner going into Chapter 11. This presents a significant opportunity for the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHAFFER, Diane May | Secretary | — | — | British |
| SCHAFFER, Jonathan Michael | Director | — | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALCOMBE, Peter Edwin | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2014-08-11 |
| SCHAFFER, Paul Benjamin | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2026-01-30 |
| WILSON, Mark Lee | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Diane May Schaffer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-27 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Michael Schaffer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-27 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Michael Schaffer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-13 |
| Mrs Diane May Schaffer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-04 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.