Imperial Polythene Products Limited
Registered name: IMPERIAL POLYTHENE PRODUCTS LIMITED
Imperial Polythene Products Limited made £19.8m revenue and £163k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Imperial Polythene Products Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £163k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Colnbrook; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colnbrook, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Mr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £18.2m | £18.5m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £13.3m | £12.8m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £5m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £562k | £723k | £991k | £413k |
| Profit before tax | £524k | £629k | £849k | £257k |
| Profit after tax | £428k | £448k | £617k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | £428k | £448k | £617k | £163k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 21% | 27.2% | 30.6% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £573k | £479k | £474k | £495k |
| Profit per employee | £14.7k | £11.8k | £15.8k | £4.1k |
| Cash conversion | 112.7% | −118.7% | −65.3% | −161.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲1.4% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲37.8% | ▼73.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31% | ▲2.6% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.9k | £27.6k | £21.2k | £240 |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £811k | £715k | £947k | £952k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.7m | £6.7m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £366k | £802k | £314k | £534k |
| Cash from operations | £633k | −£859k | −£648k | −£667k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £495k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.4%
- 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
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £240
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▲70%
- Now £534k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £952k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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