Dragon Packaging Limited
Registered name: DRAGON PACKAGING LIMITED
Dragon Packaging Limited made £14.9m revenue and £655k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Dragon Packaging Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £655k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £13.3m | £13.3m | £12.2m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £10.2m | £9.3m | £8.3m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.1m | £4m | £3.9m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £301k | £361k | £704k | £354k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £233k | £241k | £587k | £249k | £869k |
| Profit after tax | £243k | £241k | £10.3k | £187k | £655k |
| Profit (best available) | £243k | £241k | £10.3k | £187k | £655k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 50 | 52 | 46 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 23.5% | 30.1% | 32.2% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £241k | £267k | £255k | £266k | £248k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £4.8k | £198 | £4.1k | £10.9k |
| Cash conversion | −283.5% | −54.2% | −113.5% | −517.1% | −131.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.3% | ▼0.4% | ▼8.1% | ▲21.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▼95.7% | ▲1717% | ▲249.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲4% | ▼11.5% | ▲30.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £22k | £1.8k | £96.2k | £80.6k | £28.8k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £334k | £947k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £30.2k | £37.6k | £39.9k | £26.9k | £29.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£853k | −£196k | −£799k | −£1.8m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £248k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- ▲183%
- Now £947k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £28.8k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £29.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £655k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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