DS Smith Perch Limited
Registered name: DS SMITH PERCH LIMITED
Part of International Paper Company groupDS Smith Perch Limited made a £157k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
DS Smith Perch Limited reported a loss of £157k in the year to 30 Apr 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£308k | −£157k |
| Profit after tax | −£308k | −£157k |
| Profit (best available) | −£308k | −£157k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £18.8m | £18.6m |
| Fixed assets | £27.1m | £27.1m |
| Debtors | £27.1m | £27.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £18.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £27.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- International Paper Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- International Paper UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- DS Smith Limited75–100%
- DS Smith Holdings Limited75–100%
- DS Smith Perch Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (34)
- Total Marketing Support LimitedRev. £69.5m · Profit −£6.4m
- DS Smith Business Services LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.1m
- Abbey Corrugated LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ashton Corrugated (Southern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avonbank Paper Disposal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Biber Paper Converting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Calara Holding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Conew LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Corrugated Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D.W. Plastics (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- David S. Smith Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
- DS Smith Basalt LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Dormant Five LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Euro Finance LimitedRev. — · Profit £475k
- DS Smith Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Haddox LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith International LimitedRev. — · Profit −£89.7m
- DS Smith Paper LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Roma LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Supplementary Life Cover Scheme LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DS Smith Ukraine LimitedRev. — · Profit £142k
- DSS Eastern Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSS Poznan LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DSSH NO.1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Miljoint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reed & Smith LimitedFigures not disclosed
- St,regis International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST. Regis Paper Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Less Packaging Company Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Treforest Mill PLCFigures not disclosed
- United Shopper Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waddington & Duval LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2023 (profit −£157k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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