1st Packaging Ltd
Registered name: 1ST PACKAGING LTD
1st Packaging Ltd made £414k revenue and £56.9k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
1st Packaging Ltd’s revenue grew 70% to £414k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £56.9k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Chinnor; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chinnor, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £271k | £218k | £244k | £414k |
| Profit after tax | £41.1k | £13.5k | £13.2k | £56.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £41.1k | £13.5k | £13.2k | £56.9k |
| Staff costs | £23.7k | £26.9k | £29.3k | £30.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.2% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £109k | £81.3k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.8k | £4.4k | £19k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.5% | ▲11.9% | ▲69.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.2% | ▼2.4% | ▲331.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲50% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £62.7k | £51.3k | £42.4k | £57.4k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1k | £1.9k | £604 | £1k |
| Current assets | £141k | £119k | £143k | £121k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £57.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £56.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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