Colpac Limited
Registered name: COLPAC LIMITED
Part of Sabert Corporation Europe S.A. groupColpac Limited made £17.8m revenue and a £491k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Colpac Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £491k and 133 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Bedfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedfordshire, South East
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1937
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “After the year end date, the company's entire issued share capital was acquired by Sabert UK Limited. As of July 2025, the company's immediate parent is Sabert UK Limited, a company registered in the ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.8m | £18.4m | £18.3m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £11.6m | £12m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £6.8m | £6.4m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £819k | £431k | £271k | −£621k |
| Profit before tax | £801k | £400k | £258k | −£631k |
| Profit after tax | £643k | £509k | £186k | −£491k |
| Profit (best available) | £643k | £509k | £186k | −£491k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5m | £5.1m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 123 | 128 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.8% | 1% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 36.9% | 34.7% | 34.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £149k | £143k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £4.1k | £1.5k | −£3.7k |
| Cash conversion | −33.9% | −110.1% | −411.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▼0.4% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼63.5% | ▼364.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲4.1% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £408k | £602k | £541k | £55k |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £8.9m | £8.1m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £2.8m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £669k | £1m | £508k |
| Cash from operations | −£277k | −£474k | −£1.1m | £675k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £55k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £508k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sabert Corporation Europe S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sabert UK Ltd75–100%
- Colpac Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£491k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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