Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Limited
Registered name: HUHTAMAKI (LURGAN) LIMITED
Part of Huhtamaki Finance Bv groupHuhtamaki (Lurgan) Limited made £73.2m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £73.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 284 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Craigavon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 91 yrs · since 1935
- 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) | £50.1m | £55.3m | £60.9m | £73.2m |
| Cost of sales | £40.7m | £43.3m | −£45.5m | −£54.1m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £12m | £15.4m | £19.1m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £6.7m | £9.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £3.9m | £9.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | −£1m | £7.1m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | −£1m | £7.1m | −£1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 281 | 272 | 288 | 284 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | −1.9% | 11.7% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 21.6% | 25.4% | 26.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £203k | £212k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £15.8k | −£3.8k | £24.7k | −£6.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲10.1% | ▲20.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼123.4% | — | ▼124.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲5.9% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.9m | £11.9m | — | — |
| Net assets | £37.2m | £36.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £28.2m | £32.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £26.5m | £25.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £3.2m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.2k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 284
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Huhtamaki Finance Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Huhtamaki Anglo Holding75–100%
- Huhtamaki Limited75–100%
- Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Huhtamaki (Lisburn) LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit −£102k
Sister companies (3)
- Huhtamaki (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Huhtamaki Metallized Products (USA) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sweetheart International LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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