Northwood Tissue (Disley) Limited
Registered name: NORTHWOOD TISSUE (DISLEY) LIMITED
Northwood Tissue (Disley) Limited made £19.9m revenue and a £91.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Northwood Tissue (Disley) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £91.7k and 67 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.4m | £22.1m | £21.4m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | £23.4m | £18.3m | £18.6m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.9m | £2.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £77.8k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.1m | £59.6k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1m | −£91.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1m | −£91.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 56 | 67 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 7.6% | 4.8% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.5% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 6.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £480k | £395k | £319k | £297k |
| Profit per employee | £19.7k | £30k | £15.4k | −£1.4k |
| Cash conversion | −60.1% | −58.7% | −271.4% | −854.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.2% | ▼3.5% | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.9% | ▼38.8% | ▼108.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲19.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £226k | £235k | £28.9k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £9.9m | £11m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.9m | £8.8m | £9.6m | £9.3m |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £10.6m | £9.1m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £2.5m | £3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £3.3m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£1.4m | −£3.3m | −£665k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £297k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −854.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3565%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £9.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£91.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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