Trenton Box Company Limited
Registered name: TRENTON BOX COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Investment (Paragon) Limited groupTrenton Box Company Limited made £325k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Trenton Box Company Limited reported £325k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023, down 44% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 56 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 21 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £578k | £325k |
| Profit (best available) | £578k | £325k |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £547k | £502k |
| Net assets | £829k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £455k | £808k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £502k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲78%
- Now £808k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Investment (Paragon) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Giml Investments 1 Limited75–100%
- Giml Investments 7 Limited75–100%
- Grenadier Packaging Limited75–100%
- Trenton Box Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Kentmere LimitedRev. £7.2m · Profit −£558k
- Dean Packaging LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grenadier Packaging Corrugated LimitedRev. — · Profit £295k
- Index Pack LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. — · Profit £139k
- Kentmere Cartons Holdings LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 30 Jun 2023 (profit £325k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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