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Industry benchmark · SIC 17120

Manufacture of paper and paperboard

235 active companies are registered under this code; 21 publish a P&L we can benchmark.

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Benchmarks

Median revenue
£22.7m
Median profit
£207k
Profitable
52%
Median staff
104
Median margin
0.5%
Top-quartile margin
3.8%
Median gross margin
26.2%
Median profit / staff
£1.1k
Profit margin: typical vs top quartile
Median
0.5%
Top quartile (p75)
3.8%

Median revenue growth: ▼0.1%

Ranked by profit

Top manufacture of paper and paperboard businesses

Top companies in Manufacture of paper and paperboard
#CompanyRevenueProfitMarginStaff
1Duni Poppies Limited
ST. Helens · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Capital-lightOperating leverage+1
£44.1m£4.4m9.9%228
2Wepa Professional UK Ltd
Blackburn · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
IndependentCapital-light
£46.5m£4.3m9.3%124
3James Cropper Public Limited Company
Cumbria · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Independent
£103m£2.9m2.8%—
4F.G. Curtis Limited
Redhill · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
£22.7m£2.4m10.7%106
5Herma UK Limited
Haverhill · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Capital-lightCash flow filed
£49.6m£1.8m3.6%91
6Sca Products (UK) Limited
Saffron Walden · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Small teamOperating leverage
£39.6m£1.5m3.8%8
7Pelta Medical Papers Limited
Milnthorpe · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Young and profitable
£11.1m£818k7.4%104
8Portals Paper Limited
Bath · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
£24.5m£747k3%118
9Polyart UK Film Limited
Clacton-on-Sea · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Operating leverage
£10.9m£656k6%46
10Devon Valley Limited
Nottingham · Manufacture of paper and paperboard
£21.7m£514k2.4%49

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