Diamond Box Limited
Registered name: DIAMOND BOX LIMITED
Diamond Box Limited made £46.1m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Diamond Box Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £46.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 173 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Bromwich, West Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.2m | £46.1m |
| Cost of sales | £30.5m | £36.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £597k | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | £299k | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £299k | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 144 | 173 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | −3.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £279k | £267k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | −£8.4k |
| Cash conversion | −272.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼589.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £182k | £202k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Current assets | £14.7m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £9m | £10.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £267k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▼56%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £202k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £10.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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