Northwood Paper Sales Limited
Registered name: NORTHWOOD PAPER SALES LIMITED
Northwood Paper Sales Limited made £127m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Northwood Paper Sales Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £127m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “agents specialized in the sale of other particular products” and is based in Bessborough Road, Harrow; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bessborough Road, Harrow, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £111m | £117m | £111m | £111m | £127m |
| Cost of sales | £105m | £110m | −£105m | −£105m | −£121m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £7.1m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £4.6m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £4m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £3.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £3.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.6m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.1% | 6.1% | 5% | 5% | 4.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.6m | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Profit per employee | £105k | £131k | £80.2k | £80.2k | £67.7k |
| Cash conversion | 44% | −50.6% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼5.6% | — | ▲14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24% | ▼38.6% | — | ▼19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | — | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £252k | £548k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £8.4m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £27.8k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £53.8m | £39.8m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £33.4m | £21.8m | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | −£2.3m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £67.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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