Pakex (UK) PLC
Registered name: PAKEX (UK) PLC
Pakex (UK) PLC made £7m revenue and £239k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Pakex (UK) PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £239k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Public 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. From the filing: “T”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.7m | £6.8m | £6.8m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £386k | £549k | £446k | £350k |
| Profit before tax | £379k | £544k | £443k | £353k |
| Profit after tax | £328k | £437k | £306k | £239k |
| Profit (best available) | £328k | £437k | £306k | £239k |
| Staff costs | £801k | £863k | £951k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 27.2% | 27.6% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £395k | £376k | £359k | £411k |
| Profit per employee | £19.3k | £24.3k | £16.1k | £14k |
| Cash conversion | −89.1% | −124.5% | −166.2% | −90.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲0.8% | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33% | ▼30% | ▼22% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲5.6% | ▼10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £67.6k | £326k | £893k | £785k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £991k | £869k | £716k |
| Deferred income | £255k | £196k | £167k | £74.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£343k | −£684k | −£741k | −£316k |
| 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
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £411k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −90.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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 £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £785k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼55%
- Now £74.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £239k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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