Plasto-Sac UK Limited
Registered name: PLASTO-SAC UK LIMITED
Part of Trafford Nine Limited groupPlasto-Sac UK Limited made £15.9m revenue and £27.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Plasto-Sac UK Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £15.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £27.6k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.1m | £16.7m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £14m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £53.5k | £279k | £280k |
| Profit before tax | −£122k | £69.8k | £63.2k |
| Profit after tax | £26.6k | £15.5k | £27.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £26.6k | £15.5k | £27.6k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 32 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 16.2% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £562k | £521k | £514k |
| Profit per employee | £782 | £483 | £891 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.7% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.8% | ▲78.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £73.7k | £79.9k | £15.9k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £476k | £341k | £257k |
| Current assets | £10.4m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £514k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £891
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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 £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £15.9k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £257k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Trafford Nine Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Plasto-Sac UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cloudside Associates LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £27.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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