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Company No. 03276924 · Incorporated 12 Nov 1996

Corrugated Box Supplies Limited

Registered name: CORRUGATED BOX SUPPLIES LIMITED

Corrugated Box Supplies Limited made £34.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Corrugated Box Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £34.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 192 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 17211Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags
Status
Active
Location
West Bromwich, West Midlands
Age
29 yrs · since 1996
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

IndependentDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£34.4m
Growth ▲6.8%
Profit
£1.6m
Growth ▲4.2%
Profit margin
4.8%
Gross 31.7%
Employees
192
Change ▼1%
Profit / employee
£8.6k
Revenue/employee £179k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£32.2m£34.4m
Cost of sales£22.2m£23.5m
Gross profit£10m£10.9m
Operating profit£2.1m£2.3m
Profit before tax£2.2m£2.2m
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.6m
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.6m
Staff costs£6.8m£8m
Employees (average)194192
Ratios
Profit margin4.9%4.8%
Gross margin31.1%31.7%
Revenue per employee£166k£179k
Profit per employee£8.1k£8.6k
Cash conversion91.7%36.8%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.8%
Profit growth—▲4.2%
Headcount growth—▼1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£1.8m
Net assets£6.5m£8.2m
Fixed assets£6m£5.4m
Current assets£10.9m£11.1m
Debtors£6.7m£7.2m
Deferred income£1.3m£300k
Cash from operations£1.9m£851k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
31.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£179k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
36.8%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
15.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21%
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
▲25%
Now £8.2m
Cash at bank
▼22%
Now £1.8m
Headcount
▼1%
Now 192
Deferred income
▼76%
Now £300k
Fixed assets
▼10%
Now £5.4m

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

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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