GOULD INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+5.7% vs 2023
Employees
41
-6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+2.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GOULD INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED 2009-01-05 → present
- WWF INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED 1934-08-29 → 2009-01-05
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 | £135,666,466 | £124,469,591 | |
| Operating profit | £2,300,073 | £2,232,337 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,085,522 | £2,141,737 | |
| Net profit | £1,522,360 | £1,441,594 | |
| Cash | £7,142,985 | £6,762,478 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,056,058 | £23,304,644 | |
| Net assets | £22,041,058 | £23,289,644 | |
| Equity | £22,041,058 | £23,289,644 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 41 | |
| Wages | £3,968,962 | £4,193,377 |
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 | 1.7% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 9.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.30x | 3.33x | |
| Interest cover | 10.72x | 24.64x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GOULD INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED · parent
- Gould Paper Sales UK Limited 100%
- Gould Publication Papers UK Limited 94%
- Gould Papiers France 100%
- Harlech PPM Limited 94%
- OVOL Fiber Europe BV 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUMAR, Anjani | Secretary | 2024-02-05 | — | — |
| HENRY, Nicholas Christopher | Director | 2018-11-20 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TRACHTENBERG, Michael David | Director | 2015-09-18 | Jan 1965 | American |
| WHEELER, Darren James | Director | 2015-07-24 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARLICK, John Reginald | Secretary | — | 1992-01-03 |
| MCCANN, Denise Helen | Secretary | 1992-01-03 | 2011-04-05 |
| MORLEY, Josephine | Secretary | 2011-04-06 | 2022-02-10 |
| BERKOWITZ, David Hillel | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| FURLONG JR, Edward Vaughn | Director | — | 2002-04-10 |
| GARLICK, John Reginald | Director | — | 1992-01-03 |
| GOULD JR, Harry Edward | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2015-05-01 |
| MATTHEWS JR, Carl Judson | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-05-03 |
| MOYS, Peter John | Director | 2004-04-02 | 2007-02-08 |
| SILVER, Edward Lawrence | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2019-12-03 |
| SPIKESMAN, Roger James | Director | — | 2015-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Lawrence Silver | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-03 |
| Mr David Hillel Berkowitiz | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-01 |
| Mr Darren James Wheeler | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Michael David Trachtenberg | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Japan Pulp And Paper Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
-8.3%
£135,666,466 £124,469,591
-
Cash
-5.3%
£7,142,985 £6,762,478
-
Net assets
+5.7%
£22,041,058 £23,289,644
-
Employees
-6.8%
44 41
-
Operating profit
-2.9%
£2,300,073 £2,232,337
-
Profit before tax
+2.7%
£2,085,522 £2,141,737
-
Wages
+5.7%
£3,968,962 £4,193,377
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