{"name":"FENTON PACKAGING LIMITED","company_number":"01701605","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1983-02-22","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 1, Kinetic 45 New Market Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, LS9 0SH","postcode":"LS9 0SH","sic_codes":[{"code":52103,"description":"Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities"}],"principal_activity":"The Company continued its principal activity as a wholesaler and distributor of metal, plastic and paper board packaging supplying numerous market sectors.","previous_names":[{"name":"FENTON PACKAGING (WATFORD) LIMITED","changed_on":"1990-05-21"},{"name":"SHEMTEC SUPPLIES LIMITED","changed_on":"1984-07-12"},{"name":"TRADEVER LIMITED","changed_on":"1983-06-14"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Medium","year_end":"30 September","last_made_up_to":"2025-09-30","next_due":"2027-06-30"},"employees":{"count":32,"accounts_date":"2025-09-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-09-30","turnover":18876641,"profit_loss":400821,"net_assets":6290080,"cash":432598,"average_employees":32},{"financial_date":"2024-09-30","turnover":17346804,"profit_loss":455452,"net_assets":6296292,"cash":568764,"average_employees":35},{"financial_date":"2023-09-30","turnover":18451236,"net_assets":7370883,"cash":392350}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":13,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.fentonpackaging.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/fenton-packaging","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01701605","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/fenton-packaging/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/fenton-packaging"}