Biopax Limited
Registered name: BIOPAX LIMITED
Part of Cross FT Limited groupBiopax Limited made £8.1m revenue and a £2.5m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Biopax Limited’s revenue grew 107% to £8.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.5m and 47 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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: “Cross Family Properties Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.9m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.5m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £407k | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.4m | −£2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.7m | −£2.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£2.7m | −£2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.7m | −£2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 24 | 47 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −68.2% | −30.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.3% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £164k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£112k | −£52.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲106.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲95.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £99.8k | £81.8k | £333k |
| Net assets | −£3.6m | £1.7m | −£753k |
| Fixed assets | £9.3m | £14m | £13.5m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.2m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £427k | £883k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £153k | £104k | £116k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£52.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 166.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▼144%
- Now −£753k
- Cash at bank
- ▲308%
- Now £333k
- Headcount
- ▲96%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £116k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £13.5m
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
- Cross FT Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cross Family Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Biopax Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hinch Distillery Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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