Northwood Consuma Tissue Ltd
Registered name: NORTHWOOD CONSUMA TISSUE LTD
Northwood Consuma Tissue Ltd made £47.1m revenue and a £4.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Northwood Consuma Tissue Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £47.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.5m and 231 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites” and is based in Grantham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grantham, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £45.5m | £47.7m | £47.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £41.3m | £42.3m | £44.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £5.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.4m | −£1.6m | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.5m | −£2.4m | −£4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £1.2m | −£2.7m | −£4.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £1.2m | −£2.7m | −£4.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £7m | £9.1m | £9.7m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 203 | 232 | 231 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.6% | −5.6% | −9.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 9.3% | 11.2% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £224k | £206k | £204k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.8k | −£11.4k | −£19.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | −153.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.9% | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼324.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲14.3% | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £155k | £203k | £2m |
| Net assets | £100 | £1.2m | −£1.5m | −£6m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £12.9m | £14.1m | £12.5m |
| Current assets | £100 | £15.8m | £20.4m | £21.2m |
| Debtors | £0 | £8.7m | £8.9m | £9.7m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £1m | £360k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.7m | −£2.7m | −£3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £204k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- 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 −£6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲902%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 231
- Deferred income
- ▲185%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £12.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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- Revenue
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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