Zeus Packaging (UK) Limited
Registered name: ZEUS PACKAGING (UK) LIMITED
Part of Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limited groupZeus Packaging (UK) Limited made £43.4m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Zeus Packaging (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £43.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.3m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “agents specialized in the sale of other particular products” and is based in Biggleswade; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Biggleswade
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.4m | £41.3m | £43.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£30.3m | −£28m | −£29.7m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £13.3m | £13.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £3.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £3.7m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 113 | 110 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 6.7% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 28.6% | 32.2% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £389k | £365k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | £18.3k | £24.4k | £29.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.4% | ▲17.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.6k
- 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 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zeus Packaging (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (12)
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- Simpac (Holdings) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £844k
- Box - Mart LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sam McLernon Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smith Bateson Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swanline Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Swanline Paper & Board LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Vaiopak LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Weedon Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £103k
- Zeus Packaging (Ep) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zeus Packaging (Ni) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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