Boxpark Trading Ltd
Registered name: BOXPARK TRADING LTD
Part of LDC X LP groupBoxpark Trading Ltd made £13.3m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Boxpark Trading Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £13.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £4.4m profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Boxpark Ltd. Its”
Key figures
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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.7m | £15m | £14.4m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £6.8m | £6.8m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £8.3m | £7.6m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £6m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £6m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £6.1m | £6.4m | £5.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.1m | £6.4m | £5.8m | £4.4m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 182 | 154 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 44.4% | 42.7% | 40.1% | 33.2% |
| Gross margin | 55.1% | 54.9% | 53% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.6k | £82.7k | £93.6k | £84.5k |
| Profit per employee | £36.2k | £35.3k | £37.5k | £28.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼4.2% | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▼10% | ▼23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼15.4% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.5m | £2.5m | £424k | £644k |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £11.1m | £14.9m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £584k | £449k | £248k | £954k |
| Current assets | £9m | £12.1m | £16m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £32k | £135k | £299k | £247k |
| Deferred income | £71.5k | £187k | £174k | £231k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▼71%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £644k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▲284%
- Now £954k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LDC X LPultimate parent50–75%
- Generate Topco Limited75–100%
- Boxpark Ltd75–100%
- Boxpark Trading Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- BX Trading 2 LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Boxpark 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boxpark B LtdFigures not disclosed
- Boxpark Brands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boxpark Croydon LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boxpark TB LtdFigures not disclosed
- BX Liverpool LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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