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Company No. 07550404 · Incorporated 3 Mar 2011

Weedon Corrugated Products Limited

Registered name: WEEDON CORRUGATED PRODUCTS LIMITED

Part of Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limited group

Weedon Corrugated Products Limited made £17.3m revenue and £485k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text

Weedon Corrugated Products Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £17.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £485k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard, sacks and bags” and is based in Cannock; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Cannock, West Midlands
Age
15 yrs · since 2011
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 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£17.3m
Growth ▼8.7%
Profit
£485k
Growth ▼22.4%
Profit margin
2.8%
Gross 30%
Employees
103
Change ▲1%
Profit / employee
£4.7k
Revenue/employee £168k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£19m£17.3m
Cost of sales£14.4m£12.1m
Gross profit£4.5m£5.2m
Operating profit£741k£786k
Profit before tax£616k£634k
Profit after tax£625k£485k
Profit (best available)£625k£485k
Staff costs£3.2m£3.4m
Employees (average)102103
Ratios
Profit margin3.3%2.8%
Gross margin24%30%
Revenue per employee£186k£168k
Profit per employee£6.1k£4.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8.7%
Profit growth—▼22.4%
Headcount growth—▲1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£37.5k£70.5k
Net assets−£586k−£101k
Fixed assets£1.4m£1.3m
Current assets£4m£2.9m
Debtors£2.4m£1.5m
Deferred income£767k£458k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£168k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£4.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
7.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.4%
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
—
Now −£101k
Cash at bank
▲88%
Now £70.5k
Headcount
▲1%
Now 103
Deferred income
▼40%
Now £458k
Fixed assets
▼6%
Now £1.3m

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. Zeus Packaging Investments (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Weedon Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Weedon Corrugated Products Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (2)

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 2023 (profit £485k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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