B M Packaging Limited
Registered name: B M PACKAGING LIMITED
Part of Sol Group West Yorkshire Ltd groupB M Packaging Limited made £11.8m revenue and £159k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
B M Packaging Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £159k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Huddersfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £905k | £361k |
| Profit before tax | £825k | £224k |
| Profit after tax | £615k | £159k |
| Profit (best available) | £615k | £159k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 21.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £282k | £274k |
| Profit per employee | £12.8k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £364 | £50.6k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £274k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13807%
- Now £50.6k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sol Group West Yorkshire Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ral Holdings Limited75–100%
- B M Packaging Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £159k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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