FLINT INK (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-22 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£163K
-64.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
144
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-32.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FLINT INK (U.K.) LIMITED 2000-05-19 → present
- MANDERS LIMITED 1993-04-28 → 2000-05-19
- MANDERS (HOLDINGS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1937-04-01 → 1993-04-28
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 | £49,854,000 | £49,260,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,332,000 | £890,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,527,000 | £1,026,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,899,000 | £1,135,000 | |
| Cash | £455,000 | £163,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,240,000 | £27,808,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,976,000 | £30,081,000 | |
| Equity | £29,976,000 | £30,081,000 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 144 | |
| Wages | £12,395,000 | £8,442,000 |
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 | 2.7% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 3.08x | 1.58x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FLINT INK (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Flint CPS Inks UK Ltd 100%
- Mander Brothers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the Company implemented a restructuring project focused on cost reduction involving workforce reductions and the closing of the leased Wolverhampton administration office in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-07-26 | — | — |
| ALDRED, Douglas John Thomas | Director | 2006-10-19 | Oct 1964 | British |
| DINANDT, Pepijn Rene | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1961 | Dutch |
| STRIERATH, Georg Heinrich Johannes | Director | 2015-01-23 | Mar 1976 | German |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMER, John Anthony | Secretary | — | 1993-02-01 |
| GRANT, Stephen | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| PURSHOUSE, Robert Graham | Secretary | 1993-02-01 | 2005-01-01 |
| STRIERATH, Georg Heinrich Johannes | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2017-04-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Jayne Evelyn | Secretary | 2017-04-12 | 2021-07-26 |
| AKERS, Roger Malcolm | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| ALLEN, Martin Charles | Director | 1997-06-16 | 1998-04-30 |
| AMOS, Roy | Director | — | 1998-01-14 |
| BERENZWEIG, Jeremy Theodore | Director | 2015-06-25 | 2026-01-31 |
| CONNELL, John Gregory | Director | 2009-04-07 | 2011-02-15 |
| DICK, Alan | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| FADY, Antoine | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2022-01-26 |
| FARMER, John Anthony | Director | — | 1997-05-31 |
| FITCH, Colin Digby Thomas | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1998-01-14 |
| FLINT II, Henry Howard | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2005-01-01 |
| FRESCOLN, Leonard Davis | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2006-10-19 |
| GANNON, Michael Jerome | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2006-10-19 |
| GODFREY, Stephen Richard | Director | 2011-02-15 | 2013-12-20 |
| KING, Lawrence | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2006-10-19 |
| LANGLEY, Derek Frederick | Director | 1997-05-01 | 1998-01-14 |
| LLOYD, Harry Graham | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| LORD, Anthony James | Director | 2006-10-19 | 2022-01-27 |
| MAHONY, James John | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2004-03-22 |
| MUAWAD, Ronny Saleem | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-10-19 |
| PURSHOUSE, Robert Graham | Director | — | 2005-07-28 |
| SCHMIDT, Helmut Walter Richard, Dr | Director | 2002-10-23 | 2006-02-10 |
| SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2017-04-12 |
| STEEL, James Alexander | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2006-09-06 |
| WELTY, Linda Joy | Director | 2004-03-22 | 2005-09-16 |
| WINFIELD, Peter Stevens | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Investments (Uk) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-20 | Active |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 270 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-1.2%
£49,854,000 £49,260,000
-
Cash
-64.2%
£455,000 £163,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£29,976,000 £30,081,000
-
Employees
0%
144 144
-
Operating profit
-33.2%
£1,332,000 £890,000
-
Profit before tax
-32.8%
£1,527,000 £1,026,000
-
Wages
-31.9%
£12,395,000 £8,442,000
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