Alma Products Limited
Registered name: ALMA PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Coral Products PLC groupAlma Products Limited made £5.6m revenue and a £279k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Alma Products Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £5.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £279k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £5.9m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.9m | −£4.2m | −£3.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £59k | −£382k | −£197k |
| Profit before tax | £48.6k | −£416k | −£280k |
| Profit after tax | £125k | −£386k | −£279k |
| Profit (best available) | £125k | −£386k | −£279k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 42 | 37 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −6.6% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 28.3% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £299k | £140k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | −£9.2k | −£7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Coral Products PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Alma Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Arrow Film & Foil Converters LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Customised Packaging LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Ecodeck Grids LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Film & Foil Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Global One-Pak Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manplas Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tatra Rotalac LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£279k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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