Magnum Packaging (N.e.) Limited
Registered name: MAGNUM PACKAGING (N.E.) LIMITED
Part of Magnum Holdings UK Limited groupMagnum Packaging (N.e.) Limited made £42.8m revenue and £117k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Magnum Packaging (N.e.) Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £42.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £117k profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Billingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Billingham, North East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.6m | £42m | £41.4m | £42.8m |
| Cost of sales | £29.6m | £31m | £31.5m | £30.7m |
| Gross profit | £11m | £11m | £9.9m | £12m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £921k | −£2.5m | £230k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £898k | −£2.6m | £156k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £709k | −£2.7m | £117k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £709k | −£2.7m | £117k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 90 | 99 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.7% | −6.6% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 26.2% | 23.9% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £495k | £467k | £418k | £382k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | £7.9k | −£27.8k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | 98.8% | 28.5% | — | 282.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼1.5% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.3% | ▼487.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲10% | ▲13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £3m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.7m | £530k | £547k |
| Fixed assets | £402k | £532k | £708k | £276k |
| Current assets | £17.9m | £17.2m | £14.4m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £6.5m | £5.9m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £12k | £14k | £18.8k | £25.5k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £263k | £6.5m | £651k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £382k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 282.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- 15%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £547k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £25.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼61%
- Now £276k
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
- Magnum Holdings UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Magnum Packaging (N.e.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Magnum Investments (Ne) LimitedRev. — · Profit £754k
- Magnum Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Magnum Storage (Ne) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£88k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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