BRITISH POLYTHENE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+57.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£1M
+69.6% vs 2023
Employees
882
-14.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-10.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRITISH POLYTHENE LIMITED 1993-12-21 → present
- TREVOR JONES,LIMITED 1939-03-17 → 1993-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £255,800,000 | £225,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,700,000 | £5,300,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,900,000 | -£2,100,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,400,000 | -£3,500,000 | |
| Cash | £700,000 | £1,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,400,000 | £36,500,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,600,000 | -£1,400,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,600,000 | -£1,400,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,036 | 882 | |
| Wages | £38,100,000 | £34,900,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 14.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | 0.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty casting doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and thus the going concern basis of accounting has been adopted in preparing the financial statements of British Polythene Limited.”
Significant events
- “In August 2023, the Company announced the intention to cease production at its manufacturing site based in Greenock, UK. The existing business and customer base was transferred to sister sites and operations had ceased by the end of December 2023.”
- “During the year, we closed our Greenock site to remove excess capacity and cost. The volumes were successfully relocated to sister sites.”
- “On 19 November 2024 Amcor plc ("Amcor") and Berry Global Group, Inc. ("Berry"), announced a definitive merger agreement... The transaction, expected to close in mid-2025, will result in Amcor becoming the ultimate parent company.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Damien John | Director | 2025-05-12 | Jun 1971 | British |
| GREEN, Andrew Samuel, Dr | Director | 2008-01-28 | Feb 1964 | British |
| MILES, Mark William | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jun 1971 | American |
| ZWARTHOF, Sander | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1975 | Dutch |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSBANK, Raymond Bernard | Secretary | 1993-12-16 | 2012-08-31 |
| GILES, Nicholas David Martin | Secretary | 2016-12-31 | 2019-07-10 |
| HAMILTON, Deborah | Secretary | 2019-07-10 | 2026-04-10 |
| KANE, Hilary Anne | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, Angus Neilson | Secretary | — | 1993-12-16 |
| BROOKSBANK, Raymond Bernard | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1994-10-03 |
| BUNNELL, John | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1999-05-13 |
| DOORENBOSCH, Franciscus Lodewijk Paulus | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2020-04-29 |
| DUTHIE, David George | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2019-04-30 |
| GILES, Nicholas David Martin | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| GREENE, Jason Kent | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2025-05-12 |
| GROVE, Kenneth David George | Director | — | 1993-12-16 |
| HARRIS, Alan | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2024-05-03 |
| HARRIS, David William | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2016-10-31 |
| JENKINS, Trevor Rhys | Director | 1991-06-01 | 1993-12-16 |
| KANE, Hilary Anne | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| KESTERTON, Simon John | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2019-07-01 |
| LANGLANDS, John Thomson | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2017-01-31 |
| LIGHTBODY, James | Director | — | 1991-06-28 |
| MACDONALD, Angus Neilson | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1993-12-16 |
| MCDARMAID, Robert Ian, Dr | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2012-06-26 |
| MCLATCHIE, Cameron | Director | — | 2017-02-28 |
| PATON, John Ferguson | Director | — | 2002-05-17 |
| PENDLEBURY, David Thompson | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2017-01-31 |
| STENNING, Keith Jeffery | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2002-05-17 |
| THORBURN, Anne | Director | 2003-06-05 | 2009-07-24 |
| VERVAAT, Petrus Rudolf Maria | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2019-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Polythene Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-12%
£255,800,000 £225,200,000
-
Cash
+57.1%
£700,000 £1,100,000
-
Net assets
+69.6%
-£4,600,000 -£1,400,000
-
Employees
-14.9%
1,036 882
-
Operating profit
+43.2%
£3,700,000 £5,300,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.5%
-£1,900,000 -£2,100,000
-
Wages
-8.4%
£38,100,000 £34,900,000
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