Navigator Holding Tissue UK Limited
Registered name: NAVIGATOR HOLDING TISSUE UK LIMITED
Part of Navigator Paper Setubal S.A. groupNavigator Holding Tissue UK Limited made £154m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Navigator Holding Tissue UK Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £154m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.4m. The company is classified under “manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £121m | £154m |
| Cost of sales | −£93.3m | −£115m |
| Gross profit | £27.6m | £39.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.9m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.1m | £671k |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5m | −£3.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.9% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 25.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Navigator Paper Setubal S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Navigator Paper UK Limited75–100%
- Navigator Holding Tissue UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- John Dale (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Navigator Corporate UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Severn Delta LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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