CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
-16.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£48M
-0.5% vs 2023
Employees
358
-39.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-103.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING LIMITED 2006-12-19 → present
- CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING PLC 1992-11-01 → 2006-12-19
- CMB ENGINEERING GROUP PLC 1990-01-02 → 1992-11-01
- PRESS CAPS LIMITED FAX 1949-09-10 → 1990-01-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £202,810,000 | £79,178,000 | |
| Operating profit | £33,426,000 | -£22,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,689,000 | -£1,004,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,145,000 | -£573,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,696,000 | £50,686,000 | |
| Net assets | £47,827,000 | £47,577,000 | |
| Equity | £47,827,000 | £47,577,000 | |
| Average employees | 592 | 358 | |
| Wages | £25,966,000 | £19,217,000 |
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 | 16.5% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.4% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 19.24x | -0.02x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and for at least the next twelve months from the date the financial statements have been approved, and faces no material uncertainties. The company therefore adopts the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- CMB Machinery and Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “At the end of the first quarter of 2024 the directors took the decision to make a further eighty employees redundant, following a thirty-day consultation period, which involved the Unite union (representing their members) and employee elected representatives, acting on behalf of non-union members.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVERHILL, Diane Eileen | Secretary | 2026-01-15 | — | — |
| BROWN, Robert | Director | 2014-07-21 | Dec 1962 | British |
| TRUELOVE, Andrew George | Director | 2013-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| VAVASSORI, Andrea | Director | 2021-08-31 | Sep 1966 | Italian |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWSBURY, Malcolm Geoffrey | Secretary | 1997-04-24 | 1998-09-29 |
| ESSEN, Fenella Kate | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | 2026-01-15 |
| LEEMING, Paul Frederick | Secretary | 1998-09-29 | 2012-07-12 |
| MILLARD, Christopher Alan | Secretary | — | 1992-09-30 |
| SIMPSON, Jennifer Patricia | Secretary | 2012-08-02 | 2025-04-01 |
| WELLS, Mark Gilbert | Secretary | 1992-10-01 | 1997-05-20 |
| BEARDSLEY, John Patrick | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BROWETT, Paul William | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2025-04-01 |
| CALDER, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2011-03-01 |
| CLINTON, John | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2018-04-11 |
| COZIER, James | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2013-07-01 |
| CRESSON, Pierre Arnaud | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2002-06-17 |
| DAVIDSON, John | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2018-07-01 |
| FORTI, Richard Andrew | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2019-07-01 |
| FOX-MILLS, John Barker | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2004-07-01 |
| FRENCH, Michael Robert | Director | 1995-10-20 | 1998-10-12 |
| GILSON, Bruce Nigel | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| HOCHE, Marcus Paul | Director | 2021-05-26 | 2023-12-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, Lakon | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2009-05-06 |
| JOWITT, Frederick William | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2007-03-22 |
| LAMBERT, Ralph | Director | 1997-08-15 | 1998-10-12 |
| LAWSON, Martin David Geoffrey | Director | 1998-09-29 | 1999-06-21 |
| LEEMING, Paul Frederick | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2012-07-12 |
| LITTLE, Kathryn Jane | Director | 2012-08-02 | 2014-04-08 |
| LOMAX, Howard Charles | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2013-12-31 |
| MILLARD, Christopher Alan | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| MOUSSELON, Michel Pierre Marie | Director | 1999-01-15 | 2000-05-17 |
| POWELL, David Meredith | Director | — | 1997-05-20 |
| ROBERTS, Ernest Charles Norris | Director | 2004-09-14 | 2010-09-30 |
| ROLLEY, Bernard | Director | 1997-05-20 | 1998-04-01 |
| SCHELP, Claudine, Amelie, Nathalie, Christine | Director | 2018-04-11 | 2018-07-01 |
| SCHOLEY, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2011-07-15 |
| SPADIN, Jacques Laurent Guy | Director | — | 1993-10-08 |
| WELLS, Mark Gilbert | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1997-04-24 |
| WHITE, Ian Stuart Raymond | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Packaging Manufacturing Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-01 | Active |
| Crown Packaging Uk Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-03-30 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-61%
£202,810,000 £79,178,000
-
Cash
-16.7%
£6,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£47,827,000 £47,577,000
-
Employees
-39.5%
592 358
-
Operating profit
-100.1%
£33,426,000 -£22,000
-
Profit before tax
-103.2%
£31,689,000 -£1,004,000
-
Wages
-26%
£25,966,000 £19,217,000
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