Paton's Parcels Ltd
Registered name: PATON'S PARCELS LTD
Paton's Parcels Ltd made £71.8k revenue and £1k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Paton's Parcels Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £71.8k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £1k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.3k | £71.8k |
| Gross profit | £20.3k | £13k |
| Profit before tax | £5.2k | £1.1k |
| Profit after tax | £5.2k | £1k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2k | £1k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.3k | £71.8k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £5.2k | £6.3k |
| Fixed assets | £8.6k | £8.6k |
| Current assets | £21.7k | £15.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £8.6k
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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