Marpak Extrusions Limited
Registered name: MARPAK EXTRUSIONS LIMITED
Marpak Extrusions Limited made £20.6m revenue and £296k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Marpak Extrusions Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £20.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £296k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastic packing goods” and is based in Shipley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shipley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.3m | £20.7m | £18.8m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | £23.6m | £17.7m | £16.3m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.1m | £445k | £663k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.1m | £543k | £769k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £811k | £400k | £296k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £811k | £400k | £296k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 49 | 49 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 14.6% | 13.4% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £515k | £423k | £384k | £448k |
| Profit per employee | £26.1k | £16.5k | £8.2k | £6.4k |
| Cash conversion | −107.7% | −250.9% | 195.4% | −226.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24% | ▼9.3% | ▲9.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.4% | ▼50.7% | ▼26.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.5% | 0% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £6.2m | £4.6m | £6m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £10.5m | £10.7m | £11.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £5.9m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £11.7m | £10m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £5m |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£2.8m | £870k | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £448k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −226.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £11.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £5.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £296k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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