INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£33M
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
481
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+1,336.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED 2004-10-01 → present
- SURFACE SPECIALTIES LIMITED 2004-09-20 → 2004-10-01
- SURFACE SPECIALTIES PLC. 2003-05-06 → 2004-09-20
- UCB FILMS PLC 1992-01-01 → 2003-05-06
- BRITISH RAYOPHANE PLC 1933-01-09 → 1992-01-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,919,000 | £151,379,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£206,000 | £9,120,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£678,000 | £8,383,000 | |
| Net profit | -£510,000 | £6,152,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,359,000 | £51,870,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,404,000 | £33,494,000 | |
| Equity | £35,404,000 | £33,494,000 | |
| Average employees | 478 | 481 | |
| Wages | £19,053,000 | £21,705,000 |
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 | -0.2% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | -0.03x | 1.41x |
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
- B M Howarth Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the principal risks and uncertainties outlined above, the Company's business and financial forecasts, the impact on those forecasts of uncertainties and reasonably possible changes in the trading and prospects of the Company, together with the entity being profitable the Directors are of the view that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Graeme | Director | 2025-01-15 | Feb 1963 | British |
| HUBER, Simon Alain | Director | 2019-01-02 | Feb 1988 | Swiss |
| JACKSON, Darren | Director | 2023-07-03 | Mar 1975 | British |
| MARTIN, Geoffrey Thomas | Director | 2017-02-28 | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTON, David Michael | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2017-02-28 |
| STEWART SMITH, Rupert Ean | Secretary | — | 2000-11-30 |
| ARANZANA, Frank | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| BAYLIFF, Andrew Edward, Dr | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2019-05-04 |
| BEEBY, David George | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2015-03-31 |
| BIRKNER, Guenther Johann | Director | 2017-02-28 | 2017-09-18 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Velma Elizabeth | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2015-07-06 |
| BOWMAN, Christopher Wilson | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-02-28 |
| COPSON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2015-07-31 |
| DE LA HANAIDE, Thierry | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
| FOX, William Russell | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2017-02-28 |
| HEATON, Dominic Mark | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2018-12-21 |
| HEWISON, Debbie Ellen | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| HYSLOP, Kerry | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2024-10-01 |
| JACOBS, Georges, Baron | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| JENNINGS, John | Director | 1993-04-30 | 2001-12-31 |
| LEITCH, Angus Martin | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2012-04-11 |
| LOWTHER, William | Director | — | 2010-10-12 |
| MIDDLETON, Wayne | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2020-02-10 |
| ROBINSON, Ian | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| STEWART SMITH, Rupert Ean | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
| TAYLER, Paul John | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-02-28 |
| THYS, Francois Luc Marie | Director | 2001-09-13 | 2003-04-24 |
| TURNBULL, Robert Stuart | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2010-06-18 |
| VAN ASSCHE, Ben Charles | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| VERSET, Philippe | Director | — | 1993-08-13 |
| WALES, John Christopher | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2012-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovia Films (Holding) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+35.3%
£111,919,000 £151,379,000
-
Cash
0%
£1,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£35,404,000 £33,494,000
-
Employees
+0.6%
478 481
-
Operating profit
+4,527.2%
-£206,000 £9,120,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,336.4%
-£678,000 £8,383,000
-
Wages
+13.9%
£19,053,000 £21,705,000
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