Constantia FFP Limited
Registered name: CONSTANTIA FFP LIMITED
Constantia FFP Limited made £19.3m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Constantia FFP Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 101 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1966
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.2m | £20.7m | £19.6m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.8m | £17.5m | £17.3m | £16.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £3.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£2.4m | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£2.3m | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£2.3m | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 104 | 103 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.4% | −6.7% | −11.5% | −6% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 15.7% | 11.9% | 13.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £199k | £191k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.6k | −£13.3k | −£21.9k | −£11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▼5.2% | ▼1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼1% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £807k | £891k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £2.4m | £168k | −£991k |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £12.5m | £9.8m | £9.9m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £6m | £4.1m | £5.2m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £716k | £1.2m | £1.9m | £722k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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
- ▼691%
- Now −£991k
- Cash at bank
- ▲88%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▼61%
- Now £722k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £3.4m
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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