Kendon Packaging Group Public Limited Company
Registered name: KENDON PACKAGING GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Kendon Packaging Group Public Limited Company made £25.6m revenue and £844k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Kendon Packaging Group Public Limited Company’s revenue fell 5% to £25.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £844k profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Enfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Enfield, East of England
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- Type
- Public 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.5m | £26.8m | £25.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.8m | £18.1m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £930k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.2m | £844k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.2m | £844k |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 91 | 94 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 4.4% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 32.5% | 33.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £270k | £294k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £14.7k | £13k | £9k |
| Cash conversion | −279.2% | −219% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▼28.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.4m | £8.3m | £8m |
| Net assets | £24.1m | £24.3m | £24.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.6m | £17.9m | £17.9m |
| Current assets | £23.7m | £18.8m | £18.3m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £982k | £821k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.5m | −£2.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £24.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £821k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £17.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Harver Packaging Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ingham Paper & Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kendon Flexocare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kendon Packaging (Midland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portland Polybag Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Paper Supply Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £844k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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