FENTON PACKAGING LIMITED
Company number 01701605 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Fenton Packaging is a heritage-rich mid-market distributor with genuine competitive differentiation in customer service and a strengthening gross margin profile, but its strategic trajectory is constrained by commodity volatility exposure, thin cash reserves, and a deteriorating net asset position. The £500K+ operational investment programme signals management ambition but must be paired with rigorous balance sheet management and working capital optimisation to sustain the business through continued geopolitical headwinds. The ESG positioning represents the most compelling near-term growth lever, provided it is escalated from Bronze-level credentials to a genuine commercial differentiator.
Shareholders' funds
£6,290,080
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The Company continued its principal activity as a wholesaler and distributor of metal, plastic and paper board packaging supplying numerous market sectors.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-02-22
- Employees
- 32 (2025 accounts · was 35 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1, Kinetic 45 New Market Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, LS9 0SH
- Postcode
- LS9 0SH
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-25
- Next due by
- 2027-03-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Officers 4 current · 14 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by FENTON PACKAGING (LEEDS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB160497 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- fentonpackaging.co.uk
- Phone
- 0113 252 8222, 07485 998642, 07701 316540
Cost-effective, innovative solutions backed by advice from the 75-year strong food packaging specialists. Work with Fenton Packaging Ltd. HQ based in Leeds.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FENTON PACKAGING (WATFORD) LIMITED | 1990-05-21 |
| SHEMTEC SUPPLIES LIMITED | 1984-07-12 |
| TRADEVER LIMITED | 1983-06-14 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 CORRAN CLOSE, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN5 7AL | 2003-01-31 |
| BRIDGE STREET, MORLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE LS27 0LE | 2003-01-13 |
| 1 DELPH HILL, OFF LOWTOWN, PUDSEY, WEST YORKS LS28 7EB | 1997-09-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 41 similar companies in LS
3rd largest employer among its local peers (32 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1983.
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 1 among operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities in Leeds.
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-05-21
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY205865 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-21 | — |
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