Weedon Packaging Solution Centre Limited
Registered name: WEEDON PACKAGING SOLUTION CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limited groupWeedon Packaging Solution Centre Limited made £20.3m revenue and £442k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Weedon Packaging Solution Centre Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £442k profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Cannock; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cannock, West Midlands
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.8m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £640k | £853k |
| Profit before tax | £452k | £580k |
| Profit after tax | £272k | £442k |
| Profit (best available) | £272k | £442k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £247k | £91.4k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £9m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £5m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £32.5k | £26.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.1%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £91.4k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £26.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Weedon Holdings Limited75–100%
- Weedon Packaging Solution Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Weedon Corrugated Products LimitedRev. £17.3m · Profit £485k
- I2I Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £46.6k
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 2023 (profit £442k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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