Kingston Carton Company Limited(The)
Registered name: KINGSTON CARTON COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Kingston Carton Company Limited(The) made £9.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Kingston Carton Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 4% to £9.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.1m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in East Yorkshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 109 yrs · since 1917
- 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 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.4m | £9.1m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £898k | £924k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £999k | £945k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £999k | £945k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 64 | 61 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.6% | 10.4% | 11.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 31.9% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £142k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £16.7k | £14.8k | £17.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.4% | ▲13.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.5k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Kingston Club LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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