Cartonplast (UK) Limited
Registered name: CARTONPLAST (UK) LIMITED
Cartonplast (UK) Limited made £9.8m revenue and £452k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cartonplast (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £452k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Barrow Upon Humber; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barrow Upon Humber, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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) | £6.8m | £9.1m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.7m | −£5.2m | −£5.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £199k | −£195k | £768k |
| Profit before tax | £199k | −£195k | £768k |
| Profit after tax | £130k | −£153k | £452k |
| Profit (best available) | £130k | −£153k | £452k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 36 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | −1.7% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 42.3% | 48% |
| Revenue per employee | £188k | £252k | £227k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | −£4.3k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.4% | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼218.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £227k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £452k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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