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Company No. 05232673 · Incorporated 15 Sep 2004

Fleet Retail Packaging Ltd.

Registered name: FLEET RETAIL PACKAGING LTD.

Part of Lowry Holdco Ltd group

Fleet Retail Packaging Ltd. made £13.2m revenue and £199k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Fleet Retail Packaging Ltd.’s revenue was £13.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £199k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Rochester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Rochester, South East
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£13.2m
Growth ▲0.3%
Profit
£199k
Growth ▼38.7%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 21.3%
Employees
21
Change ▲23.5%
Profit / employee
£9.5k
Revenue/employee £631k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.9m£11m£13.2m£13.2m
Cost of sales£7.7m£8.5m£10.3m£10.4m
Gross profit£2.2m£2.5m£2.9m£2.8m
Operating profit£438k£508k£680k£403k
Profit before tax£320k£347k£446k£258k
Profit after tax£248k£255k£324k£199k
Profit (best available)£248k£255k£324k£199k
Staff costs—£634k£755k£959k
Employees (average)13151721
Ratios
Profit margin2.5%2.3%2.5%1.5%
Gross margin22.5%22.9%21.8%21.3%
Revenue per employee£763k£730k£777k£631k
Profit per employee£19.1k£17k£19k£9.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.4%▲20.6%▲0.3%
Profit growth—▲3%▲26.8%▼38.7%
Headcount growth—▲15.4%▲13.3%▲23.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£236k£284k£65.5k£373k
Net assets£1.3m£1.4m£1.5m£1.7m
Fixed assets£612k£510k£415k£610k
Current assets£5.5m£7.3m£6.5m£6.1m
Debtors£2.1m£3.3m£3.2m£2.5m
Deferred income£55.5k£160k£131k£70.5k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
21.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£631k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.1%
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
▲13%
Now £1.7m
Cash at bank
▲470%
Now £373k
Headcount
▲24%
Now 21
Deferred income
▼46%
Now £70.5k
Fixed assets
▲47%
Now £610k

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. Lowry Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Fleet Retail Group Limited75–100%
  3. Fleet Retail Packaging Ltd.this company

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

Sister companies (1)

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 £199k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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