H-Pack Packaging UK Ltd
Registered name: H-PACK PACKAGING UK LTD
Part of Hotpack Holding And Investment Limited groupH-Pack Packaging UK Ltd made £26.1m revenue and a £142k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
H-Pack Packaging UK Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £26.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £142k and 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Wrexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wrexham, Wales
- Age
- 9 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.1m | £19.2m | £23.2m | £26.1m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £16.1m | £19.2m | £21.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.1m | £4m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£346k | −£1.4m | £30.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.9m | −£599k | −£1.6m | −£142k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£673k | −£1.5m | −£142k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£673k | −£1.5m | −£142k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 48 | 52 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.1% | −3.5% | −6.6% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 17.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £469k | £400k | £446k | £534k |
| Profit per employee | −£42.8k | −£14k | −£29.5k | −£2.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 9661% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9% | ▲20.9% | ▲12.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲8.3% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6k | £103k | £107k | £367k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £6.1m | £4.5m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £7.1m | £7m | £7m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £18.4m | £11.5m | £13.1m | £13.9m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £103k | £44.7k | £142k | £37.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£4.2m | −£210k | £2.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £534k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 9661%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- 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
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲243%
- Now £367k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼74%
- Now £37.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £6.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hotpack Holding And Investment Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- H-Pack Packaging UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£142k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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