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Company No. 05157725 · Incorporated 18 Jun 2004

Mail Solutions UK Limited

Registered name: MAIL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

Part of Mail Solutions Trustees Limited group

Mail Solutions UK Limited made £29.1m revenue and £622k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Mail Solutions UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £29.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £622k profit and 206 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in Telford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Telford, West Midlands
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent company is Mail Solutions Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company's registered office is Halesfield 2, Telford, Shropshire, ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£29.1m
Growth ▼2.8%
Profit
£622k
Growth ▼8.4%
Profit margin
2.1%
Gross 20%
Employees
206
Change ▲2%
Profit / employee
£3k
Revenue/employee £141k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£28.2m£29.9m£29.1m
Cost of sales£24.1m£24.1m£23.2m
Gross profit£4.1m£5.8m£5.8m
Operating profit£1.1m£956k£796k
Profit before tax£1m£745k£564k
Profit after tax£948k£679k£622k
Profit (best available)£948k£679k£622k
Staff costs£5.2m£7m£7.6m
Employees (average)147202206
Ratios
Profit margin3.4%2.3%2.1%
Gross margin14.4%19.5%20%
Revenue per employee£192k£148k£141k
Profit per employee£6.4k£3.4k£3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲5.9%▼2.8%
Profit growth—▼28.4%▼8.4%
Headcount growth—▲37.4%▲2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£539k£25k£36k
Net assets£7.7m£8.3m£9m
Fixed assets£1.1m£1.3m£1.5m
Current assets£14.6m£15.5m£16.4m
Debtors£5.3m£6.2m£6.6m
Deferred income£2m£2.1m£1.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£141k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
22.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲7%
Now £9m
Cash at bank
▲44%
Now £36k
Headcount
▲2%
Now 206
Deferred income
▼41%
Now £1.2m
Fixed assets
▲9%
Now £1.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Mail Solutions Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Mail Solutions Group Limited75–100%
  3. Mail Solutions UK Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £622k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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