A & B Containers Limited
Registered name: A & B CONTAINERS LIMITED
A & B Containers Limited made £17.6m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
A & B Containers Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £17.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.6m profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Oldham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £17.5m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £8.4m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £9.1m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 77 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.9% | 17.4% | 14.9% |
| Gross margin | 48.8% | 52.2% | 51% |
| Revenue per employee | £257k | £227k | £213k |
| Profit per employee | £51k | £39.5k | £31.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.4% | ▼13.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £213k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.7k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Universal Pallet Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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