Dri-Pak Limited
Registered name: DRI-PAK LIMITED
Part of Finfenaro Innovations Limited groupDri-Pak Limited made £19.8m revenue and £408k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Dri-Pak Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £19.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £408k profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Derbys; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derbys, East Midlands
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 | 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) | £21.3m | £22.2m | £20.1m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £13.7m | £13.1m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.6m | £7m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £921k | £1.5m | £671k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £739k | £1.2m | £408k |
| Profit after tax | £869k | £607k | £956k | £408k |
| Profit (best available) | £869k | £607k | £956k | £408k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 94 | 95 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 2.7% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 38.6% | 34.8% | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £237k | £211k | £235k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £6.5k | £10.1k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▼9.7% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▲57.3% | ▼57.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲1.1% | ▼11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £171k | £214k | £5.5k | £391k |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £11.2m | £11.8m | £12.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.8m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £15m | £19.1m | £20.2m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £120k | £75.3k | £1.6m | £345k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £235k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £12.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7075%
- Now £391k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▼79%
- Now £345k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Finfenaro Innovations Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dri-Pak Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dremm Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Dremm Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
- East Lancashire Chemical Company,limitedFigures not disclosed
- Ecosalt 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £408k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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