Clifton Packaging Group Limited
Registered name: CLIFTON PACKAGING GROUP LIMITED
Part of CP UK Holdco Ltd groupClifton Packaging Group Limited made £37.9m revenue and £5.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Clifton Packaging Group Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £37.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.5m profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.9m | £36.6m | £38.4m | £37.9m |
| Cost of sales | £29.6m | £27m | £27.5m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £9.6m | £10.9m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3.3m | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3m | £5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3m | £5.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.3m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 139 | 137 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 9.3% | 7.7% | 14.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 26.3% | 28.5% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £285k | £263k | £280k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £17k | £24.5k | £21.6k | £39.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▲5% | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.1% | ▼13.2% | ▲85.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼1.4% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £90.8k | £356k | £4.2m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £21.1m | £24.4m | £21.3m | £22.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £8.9m | £12.3m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £26.5m | £28.2m | £21.3m | £20.6m |
| Debtors | £10.1m | £9.4m | £9.2m | £10.5m |
| Deferred income | £459k | £1.2m | £776k | £847k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £22.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £847k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £11.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CP UK Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Clifton Packaging Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Target Packaging Systems LimitedFigures 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 2025 (profit £5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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