Paper Tech UK Ltd
Registered name: PAPER TECH UK LTD
Paper Tech UK Ltd made £5m revenue and £47k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Paper Tech UK Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £47k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.5m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £251k | £71.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £181k | £47k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £181k | £47k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.3% | 0.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £161k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5.3k | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼74.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▲3% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £238k | £479k | £379k | £511k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1m | £952k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £511k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £47k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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