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Company No. 02767596 · Incorporated 25 Nov 1992

General All Purpose Plastics Limited

Registered name: GENERAL ALL PURPOSE PLASTICS LIMITED

Part of General All Purpose Plastics Group Limited group

General All Purpose Plastics Limited made £158m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 29 May 2025.

General All Purpose Plastics Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £158m in the year to 29 May 2025, with £1.5m profit and 987 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 22290Manufacture of other plastic products
Status
Active
Location
Blackburn, North West
Age
33 yrs · since 1992
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.

Latest accounts · year to 29 May 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£158m
Growth ▲5.5%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▼74.3%
Profit margin
0.9%
Gross 42.4%
Employees
987
Change ▲5.5%
Profit / employee
£1.5k
Revenue/employee £160k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 202429 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£143m£143m£149m£158m
Cost of sales£77.2m£83.6m£84.3m£90.8m
Gross profit£65.9m£59.7m£65.1m£66.9m
Operating profit£20m£9.8m£9.7m£2.4m
Profit before tax£19.6m£9.5m£9.4m£2.5m
Profit after tax£16m£7.7m£5.8m£1.5m
Profit (best available)£16m£7.7m£5.8m£1.5m
Staff costs£33.4m£35m£39.5m£44m
Employees (average)8951,025936987
Ratios
Profit margin11.2%5.4%3.9%0.9%
Gross margin46%41.7%43.6%42.4%
Revenue per employee£160k£140k£160k£160k
Profit per employee£17.9k£7.5k£6.2k£1.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲0.1%▲4.3%▲5.5%
Profit growth—▼52.2%▼24%▼74.3%
Headcount growth—▲14.5%▼8.7%▲5.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£10.7m£10.2m£8.1m£10.1m
Net assets£29.8m£31.6m£37.4m£38.9m
Fixed assets£23m£22.9m£22.3m£23m
Current assets£49.5m£48.6m£51m£52.8m
Debtors£9.2m£8.6m£9.1m£10.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
42.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£160k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.5%
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
▲4%
Now £38.9m
Cash at bank
▲24%
Now £10.1m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 987
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲3%
Now £23m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. General All Purpose Plastics Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. General All Purpose Plastics Holdings Ltd75–100%
  3. General All Purpose Plastics Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (3)

Sister companies (4)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 May 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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