Stewart Packaging Limited
Registered name: STEWART PACKAGING LIMITED
Stewart Packaging Limited made £17m revenue and £333k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Stewart Packaging Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £17m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £333k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Stevenage; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stevenage, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.6m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.7m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £943k | £890k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £914k | £735k |
| Profit after tax | £450k | £775k | −£13.9k | £333k |
| Profit (best available) | £450k | £775k | −£13.9k | £333k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 2 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.1% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.2% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £8.3m | £548k |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | £29.8k | −£7k | £10.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲72.1% | ▼101.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼92.3% | ▲1450% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £7.4m | £8.1m | £8.9m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £10.1m | £10.1m | £10.1m | £12.4m |
| Current assets | — | £5.1k | £5.1k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £71.4k | £96.7k | £111k | £59k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £548k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1450%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £59k
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £12.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Stevenage Packaging LimitedRev. £16.6m · Profit £1.3m
- World Packaging LimitedFigures 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 £333k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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