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Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers · London

DS Smith Packaging

DS Smith Packaging Limited

Back in profitActiveLatest figures: 2024Company only67 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers”.

Headline figures

FY to Apr 2024 · Company only

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£18.8m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212022*20232024
Profit after tax£18.8m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 4 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2021202220232024
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 7 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Katie Rosa Wood as a secretary on 1 July 2026
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Louise Rachel Meads as a secretary on 1 July 2026
  3. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 9 April 2026 · GBP 179,999
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Kafayat Bisola Oluyinka as a secretary on 13 February 2026
  5. Directors
    Appointment of Katie Rosa Wood as a secretary on 13 February 2026
  6. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 April 2025
  7. Accounts
    Previous accounting period shortened from 30 April 2026 to 31 December 2025
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of William Beverley Hicks as a director on 30 September 2025
  9. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Alexander Paul Stern as a director on 27 June 2025
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Adam David Wright as a director on 19 June 2025
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Kafayat Bisola Oluyinka as a secretary on 21 March 2025
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Zillah Wendy Stone as a secretary on 21 March 2025
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2024
    2. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2023
    3. Directors
      Appointment of Alexander Paul Stern as a director on 9 January 2023
    4. Ownership
      Change of details for Ds Smith (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control on 19 December 2022
    5. Address
      Registered office address changed from 350 Euston Road London NW1 3AX to Level 3 1 Paddington Square London W2 1DL on 19 December 2022
    6. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2022
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Paul Jonathan Brown as a director on 30 April 2022
    8. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2021
    9. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Richard Hugh Newman as a director on 29 January 2021
    10. Directors
      Appointment of Toby Paul Slater as a director on 1 February 2021
    11. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2020
    12. Directors
      Director's details changed for Stefano Rossi on 30 September 2020
    13. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2019
    14. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Marc Chiron as a director on 9 April 2019
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Adrienne Liebenberg as a director on 12 December 2018
    16. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Anne Steele as a secretary on 31 October 2018
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Zillah Wendy Stone as a secretary on 31 October 2018
    18. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2018
    19. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr William Beverley Hicks on 25 July 2018
    20. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 006306810010 in full
    21. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2017
    22. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Gareth Paul Jenkins as a director on 14 July 2017
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Adrienne Liebenberg as a director on 18 April 2017
    24. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Herve Colleaux as a director on 18 April 2017
    25. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2016

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does DS Smith Packaging do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers”.

›How much turnover does DS Smith Packaging make?

Answered in the full report

›Is DS Smith Packaging profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £18.8m in the year to 30 April 2024, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at DS Smith Packaging?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns DS Smith Packaging?

Answered in the full report

›Where is DS Smith Packaging based?

Its registered office is Level 3, 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1DL, in London.

›When was DS Smith Packaging founded?

DS Smith Packaging Limited was incorporated on 18 June 1959.

›Is DS Smith Packaging still trading?

The register lists DS Smith Packaging Limited as active.