VPK UK HOLDING LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-02 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-18
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36M
+10.4% vs 2023
Employees
7
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+971.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- VPK UK HOLDING LTD 2020-09-25 → present
- RIGID GROUP LIMITED 1999-07-08 → 2020-09-25
- RIGID CONTAINERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1999-07-08
- RIGID CONTAINERS LIMITED 1932-10-12 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,461,389 | £5,398,246 | |
| Operating profit | £488,133 | £3,597,427 | |
| Profit before tax | £295,331 | £3,163,477 | |
| Net profit | £364,087 | £3,419,267 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,410,875 | £44,574,352 | |
| Net assets | £32,854,396 | £36,273,663 | |
| Equity | £32,854,396 | £36,273,663 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 7 | |
| Wages | £803,860 | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 66.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 63.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.2% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 2.68x | |
| Interest cover | 2.53x | 8.27x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- 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
- VPK UK HOLDING LTD · parent
- VPK Packaging Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 the company acquired a 27.74% holding in Fencor Packaging Group Limited, further strengthening our position in the packaging industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUMLEY, Kelly Margaret | Director | 2023-06-21 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MACHARIS, Pierre Ivan Rene | Director | 2000-08-04 | Jan 1962 | Belgian |
| PEETERS, Erik | Director | 2016-11-01 | Sep 1969 | Belgian |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John Edward | Secretary | — | 1992-11-03 |
| GRAVETT, Simon Morford | Secretary | 1992-12-01 | 1999-10-12 |
| KHAWAJA, Saqib Saeed | Secretary | 2019-04-01 | 2023-04-27 |
| LAKE, Noel Edward Greensit | Secretary | 1999-10-12 | 2003-01-30 |
| LEDEGEN, Luc Petrus Maria | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| LUYCKX, Jan | Secretary | 2003-02-12 | 2004-10-31 |
| MAYNARD, Lars Olaf | Secretary | 2013-10-21 | 2019-04-01 |
| SCHOONJANS, Jozef Maria Andre | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| ANDRESON, Jeremy Mark | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-04-11 |
| BAILEY, John Edward | Director | — | 1992-11-03 |
| BARBER, Paul James | Director | 2023-04-27 | 2023-06-21 |
| BARBER, Paul James | Director | 2022-07-25 | 2022-12-01 |
| BEAUMONT, Nigel Peter | Director | 2004-02-12 | 2008-05-31 |
| BURDITT, Geoffrey Boulter | Director | — | 1999-02-02 |
| BURDITT, Philip Howard | Director | — | 2000-08-25 |
| COWARD, Richard John Walker | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2019-07-30 |
| DEAN, Henry Thomas Howard | Director | — | 2000-08-25 |
| GRAVETT, Simon Morford | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1999-10-12 |
| HANSSENS, Guy Jean Joseph Jacques | Director | 2004-02-12 | 2008-01-01 |
| HOLDEN, Frank | Director | — | 2003-02-05 |
| KHAWAJA, Saqib Saeed | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2023-04-27 |
| MACHARIS, Jean Paul Wilfrid | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2022-04-06 |
| MAYNARD, Lars Olaf | Director | 2013-10-21 | 2019-04-01 |
| RICHARDSON, David John | Director | 2019-07-30 | 2022-07-25 |
| SARJEANT, Roger Ivor | Director | 1998-01-29 | 2000-08-25 |
| SCHOONJANS, Jozef Maria Andre | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2016-10-31 |
| SCOTT, James Mcdonald | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2000-08-25 |
| SCOTT, James Mcdonald | Director | — | 1997-10-02 |
| SMITH, Colin Alfred | Director | 1999-05-27 | 2007-03-14 |
| TEBBUTT, Alasdair Charles Frederick | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2000-08-25 |
| VAN ACKER, Piet Libert Mia | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2010-01-01 |
| WARNE, Colin Donald | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1997-12-23 |
| WOOTTON, John Edward Melville | Director | — | 1998-12-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Pierre Ivan Rene Macharis | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-10-03 | Active |
| Mr Jean-Paul Wilfred Macharis | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-11-01 | Ceased 2025-10-03 |
| Mr Pierre Iavn Rene Macharis | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-11-01 | Ceased 2019-12-20 |
| Vpk Packaging Group Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.2%
£5,461,389 £5,398,246
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£32,854,396 £36,273,663
-
Employees
0%
7 7
-
Operating profit
+637%
£488,133 £3,597,427
-
Profit before tax
+971.2%
£295,331 £3,163,477
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