James Cropper Overseas Trading Limited
Registered name: JAMES CROPPER OVERSEAS TRADING LIMITED
Part of James Cropper Public Limited Company groupJames Cropper Overseas Trading Limited made £408k revenue and £14k profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.
James Cropper Overseas Trading Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £408k in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £14k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paper and paperboard” and is based in Kendal; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £483k | £464k | £464k | £408k |
| Cost of sales | £463k | £446k | £446k | £388k |
| Operating profit | £25k | £18k | £18k | £20k |
| Profit before tax | £25k | £18k | £18k | £20k |
| Profit after tax | £25k | £6k | £6k | £14k |
| Profit (best available) | £25k | £6k | £6k | £14k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.6k | £155k | £155k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £2k | £2k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | — | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76% | — | ▲133.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼40% | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- James Cropper Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- James Cropper Overseas Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- James Cropper 3D Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Converting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Paper LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Cropper Speciality Papers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Melmore Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Technical Fibre Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Paper Mill Shop Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £14k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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