Stevenage Packaging Limited
Registered name: STEVENAGE PACKAGING LIMITED
Part of Stewart Packaging Limited groupStevenage Packaging Limited made £16.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Stevenage Packaging Limited’s revenue was £16.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.3m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage, East of England
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £18.2m | £16.6m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £14.7m | £12.7m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £924k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £924k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £821k | £960k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 18.9% | 23.2% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £655k | £699k | £615k | £535k |
| Profit per employee | £47.7k | £35.5k | £47.1k | £42k |
| Cash conversion | −96.5% | −90.8% | 81.4% | −38.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼8.6% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.5% | ▲37.6% | ▲2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.9% | ▲14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £868k | £822k | £788k | £787k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £77.6k | £163k | £126k | £99.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1.1m | £1.4m | −£647k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £535k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −38.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £99.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £787k
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
- Stewart Packaging Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stevenage Packaging Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- World Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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