Seda Pacprint (UK) Limited
Registered name: SEDA PACPRINT (UK) LIMITED
Seda Pacprint (UK) Limited made £113m revenue and £17.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Seda Pacprint (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £113m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £17.2m profit and 345 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Blackwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackwood, Wales
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £124m | £119m | £113m |
| Cost of sales | −£86m | −£75.1m | −£74.7m |
| Gross profit | £37.9m | £44.3m | £38.8m |
| Operating profit | £20.7m | £25.2m | £21.7m |
| Profit before tax | £21.3m | £26.7m | £23.1m |
| Profit after tax | £16.1m | £19.9m | £17.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.1m | £19.9m | £17.2m |
| Employees (average) | 362 | 354 | 345 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13% | 16.7% | 15.1% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 37.1% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £342k | £337k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £44.5k | £56.2k | £49.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.4% | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.7k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 345
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Seda UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Cepac LimitedLondon · Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
- Revenue
- £111m
- Profit
- £648k
- Staff
- 450
- Alexir Packaging LimitedGodalming · Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
- Revenue
- £45.9m
- Profit
- £2.1m
- Staff
- 158
- Onboard Corrugated LimitedWolverhampton · Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers
- Revenue
- £44.6m
- Profit
- £1.7m
- Staff
- 96
- Fellowes LtdDoncaster · Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags
- Revenue
- £105m
- Profit
- £4.4m
- Staff
- 395
- Smith Anderson Group LimitedKirkcaldy · Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags
- Revenue
- £40.1m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 245
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £17.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.