Leeways Packaging Services Limited
Registered name: LEEWAYS PACKAGING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Leeways Group Limited groupLeeways Packaging Services Limited made £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Leeways Packaging Services Limited reported £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025, down 9% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 89 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- 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 of Leeways”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £3.5m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £3m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £3m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 81 | 88 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £27.1k | £37k | £27.4k | £24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.5% | ▼19.5% | ▼9.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲8.6% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.2m | £4.8m | £7.5m |
| Net assets | £18.7m | £20.2m | £21.4m | £22.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £23.5m | £24.7m | £25.6m | £25.6m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £7.9m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £235k | £430k | £185k | £294k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £22.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £7.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲59%
- Now £294k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.8m
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
- Leeways Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Leeways Holdings Limited75–100%
- Leeways Packaging Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Kalex Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leeways Joinery 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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