Curran Packaging Company Limited
Registered name: CURRAN PACKAGING COMPANY LIMITED
Curran Packaging Company Limited made £19.3m revenue and £437k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Curran Packaging Company Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £19.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £437k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Oxted; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxted, South East
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.1m | £19.6m | £19.8m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £14.9m | £15.4m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1m | £404k | £782k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £394k | £777k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £801k | £384k | £437k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £801k | £384k | £437k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 54 | 49 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 24.1% | 22.4% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £371k | £363k | £404k | £411k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £14.8k | £7.8k | £9.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 1% | 243.1% | −202.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲1% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼52% | ▲13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼9.3% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.2m | £990k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £621k | £624k | £535k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £168k | £359k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £10.1k | £982k | −£1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £411k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −202.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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 £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲118%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Curran IT & Electrical Services LimitedRev. £10.6m · Profit £290k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £437k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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