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Company No. 01865360 · Incorporated 21 Nov 1984

Westbury Packaging Limited

Registered name: WESTBURY PACKAGING LIMITED

Part of Sundial Management Limited group

Westbury Packaging Limited made £11.3m revenue and £619k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Westbury Packaging Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £619k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Melksham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Melksham, South West
Age
41 yrs · since 1984
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 company is controlled by Sundial Management Limited, incorporated in England and Wales and which owns 100% of the issued share capital of Westbury Packaging Limited. Its registered office is Maltr”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£11.3m
Growth ▲4.5%
Profit
£619k
Growth ▲10.6%
Profit margin
5.5%
Gross 28.6%
Employees
62
Change ▼1.6%
Profit / employee
£10k
Revenue/employee £182k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.4m£10.8m£11.3m
Cost of sales£8.1m£7.6m£8.1m
Gross profit£3.3m£3.2m£3.2m
Operating profit£852k£760k£851k
Profit before tax£801k£716k£824k
Profit after tax£666k£560k£619k
Profit (best available)£666k£560k£619k
Staff costs£2.1m£2.2m£2.4m
Employees (average)606362
Ratios
Profit margin5.9%5.2%5.5%
Gross margin28.6%29.6%28.6%
Revenue per employee£189k£171k£182k
Profit per employee£11.1k£8.9k£10k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼5%▲4.5%
Profit growth—▼16%▲10.6%
Headcount growth—▲5%▼1.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£286k£833k£165k
Net assets£2.4m£2.8m£3.2m
Fixed assets£4m£3.5m£200k
Current assets£2.5m£3.2m£3.8m
Debtors£1.7m£1.7m£1.8m
Deferred income£399k£359k£263k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£182k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£10k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
16.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲15%
Now £3.2m
Cash at bank
▼80%
Now £165k
Headcount
▼2%
Now 62
Deferred income
▼27%
Now £263k
Fixed assets
▼94%
Now £200k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sundial Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Westbury Packaging Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £619k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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