The Wool Packaging Company (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: THE WOOL PACKAGING COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
The Wool Packaging Company (Holdings) Limited made £16.5m revenue and £708k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
The Wool Packaging Company (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £16.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £708k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Stone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stone, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.5m | £12.7m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.6m | £10.4m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | £264k | £561k | £967k |
| Profit before tax | — | £263k | £558k | £976k |
| Profit after tax | — | £230k | £415k | £708k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £230k | £415k | £708k |
| Staff costs | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.2% | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.7% | 18.2% | 18.1% |
| Cash conversion | — | −75.8% | −116.3% | −85.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲20.9% | ▲29.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲80.5% | ▲70.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £400k | £400k | £394k | £406k |
| Net assets | £118k | £68.2k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £19.9k | £13.3k | £13.1k | £34.7k |
| Current assets | — | — | £394k | £410k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £0 | £12.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£200k | −£653k | −£826k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −85.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £406k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £12.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲165%
- Now £34.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- The Wool Packaging Company LtdRev. £16.5m · Profit £773k
- Freightguardian LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hortiwool LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £708k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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