Berlin Packaging UK Ltd
Registered name: BERLIN PACKAGING UK LTD
Part of Berlin Packaging Europe Spa groupBerlin Packaging UK Ltd made £56.7m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Berlin Packaging UK Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £56.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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: “The immediate parent company is Berlin Packaging Holding UK Ltd a company incorporated in the UK. The registered office is Lady Lane, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 6AS.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £94.7m | £84.5m | £60.7m | £56.7m |
| Cost of sales | £78.4m | £69.4m | £47.3m | £44.4m |
| Gross profit | £16.3m | £15.1m | £13.5m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | −£325k | −£448k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £35.3k | −£801k | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £59.3k | −£738k | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £59.3k | −£738k | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.5m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 127 | 105 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 0.1% | −1.2% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 17.9% | 22.2% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £728k | £665k | £578k | £623k |
| Profit per employee | £16.1k | £467 | −£7k | £28.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.8% | ▼28.1% | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼97.2% | ▼1346% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▼17.3% | ▼13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £5.9m | £13.5m | £6m |
| Net assets | £28.1m | £29.9m | £28.7m | £31.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £17.3m | £11.4m | £10.5m | £7.8m |
| Deferred income | £821k | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £623k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £31.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Berlin Packaging Europe Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Berlin Packaging Holding UK Ltd75–100%
- Berlin Packaging UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wade Kin LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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