Voith Paper Limited
Registered name: VOITH PAPER LIMITED
Voith Paper Limited made £9.3m revenue and £565k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Voith Paper Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £9.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £565k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 116 yrs · since 1910
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m | £8.4m | £8m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £6.2m | £5.7m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £515k | −£109k | £112k | £593k |
| Profit before tax | £536k | £37.8k | £315k | £755k |
| Profit after tax | £462k | £47.9k | £235k | £565k |
| Profit (best available) | £462k | £47.9k | £235k | £565k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 73 | 76 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 27% | 28.8% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £115k | £105k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | £656 | £3.1k | £8.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▼5.1% | ▲16.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.6% | ▲390.1% | ▲140.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲4.1% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.5k | £1.6k | £955 | £467 |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £8.6m | £7.6m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.3m | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £694k | £1.3m | £918k | £999k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.9%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £467
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £999k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £565k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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