Swiftpak Ltd
Registered name: SWIFTPAK LTD
Part of RCMW Holdings Limited groupSwiftpak Ltd made £11.9m revenue and £615k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Swiftpak Ltd’s revenue was £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £615k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.9m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £688k | £812k |
| Profit before tax | £699k | £796k |
| Profit after tax | £548k | £615k |
| Profit (best available) | £548k | £615k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £242k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | £11.2k | £13.1k |
| Cash conversion | 38.4% | 73.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £436k | £339k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £295k | £213k |
| Cash from operations | £264k | £594k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 73.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £213k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £339k
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
- RCMW Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swiftpak Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Swiftpak Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£102k
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 2025 (profit £615k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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