James Cropper 3D Products Limited
Registered name: JAMES CROPPER 3D PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of James Cropper Public Limited Company groupJames Cropper 3D Products Limited made £4.2m revenue and a £922k loss in the year to 30 Mar 2024.
James Cropper 3D Products Limited’s revenue was £4.2m in the year to 30 Mar 2024, with a loss of £922k and 35 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Kendal; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£661k | −£661k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£925k | −£925k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£922k | −£922k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£922k | −£922k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 35 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −27.1% | −21.8% | −21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £121k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | −£29.3k | −£26.3k | −£26.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£26.3k
- 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
- —
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- James Cropper Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- James Cropper 3D Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- James Cropper Converting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Overseas Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Paper LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Speciality Papers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Melmore Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Technical Fibre Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Paper Mill Shop Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Mar 2024 (profit −£922k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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