SONOCO LIMITED

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. SONOCO LIMITED 1990-12-03 → present
2. SONOCO BOARD MILLS LIMITED 1987-09-14 → 1990-12-03
3. T.P.T. BOARD MILLS LIMITED 1983-12-06 → 1987-09-14
4. SHAWS PAPER MILLS LIMITED 1904-10-04 → 1983-12-06

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. SONOCO LIMITED · parent
   1. Friarsgate Studios Limited 100% · England and Wales
   2. Corepak Limited 100% · England and Wales
   3. Sonoco Graphics India Pvt Ltd 91% · India

Significant events

• “As of April 2025, Trident UK Ltd was officially sold so that the group can continue to focus on its core integrated activities. The acquisition was completed by Japan based Toppan Holdings who acquired the business as part of the wider purchase of Sonoco Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging business on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The business will continue with this strategic thinking and strong focus on its fewer core business activities. Accordingly, the Trident division is presented as a discontinued operation in the profit and loss statement.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -2.4%

  £67,764,000 → £66,141,000

• Cash

  +8,233.3%

  £3,000 → £250,000

• Net assets

  +8.2%

  £47,244,000 → £51,131,000

• Employees

  -11.4%

  508 → 450

• Operating profit

  +258.6%

  £2,558,000 → £9,174,000

• Profit before tax

  +247.6%

  £2,953,000 → £10,265,000

• Wages

  -14.8%

  £20,187,000 → £17,202,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers