BERLIN PACKAGING HOLDING UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£123K
-4.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2M
-23.3% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£457K
+0.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BERLIN PACKAGING HOLDING UK LTD 2021-10-01 → present
- H. ERBEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 2021-10-01
- LIQUIFIL LIMITED 1951-07-25 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£11,069 | -£7,118 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£459,845 | -£457,124 | |
| Net profit | — | £0 | — | — | £2,182,540 | -£459,845 | -£457,124 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £6,076,790 | £2,414,689 | £129,024 | £122,657 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £751,676 | — | £1,139,970 | £703,592 | £14,682,645 | £14,675,527 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £1,139,970 | £703,592 | £1,965,647 | £1,508,523 | |
| Equity | £751,676 | £751,676 | £1,481,676 | £1,139,970 | £703,592 | £1,965,647 | £1,508,523 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.07x | 0.07x | 74.56x | 69.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.02x | -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
“Directors confirm reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and will continue to trade as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the signing date of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BERLIN PACKAGING HOLDING UK LTD · parent
- Berlin Packaging UK Ltd 100%
- Alpack Ltd 100%
- Berlin Packaging SA (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Berlin Packaging Services (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Roma International Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVERDALE, Andrew James | Secretary | 2023-02-06 | — | — |
| COVERDALE, Andrew James | Director | 2023-02-06 | Oct 1969 | British |
| ERBEN, Alexander | Director | 2000-07-21 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGG, Dennis Stephen | Secretary | 1994-08-30 | 1996-08-31 |
| DEVINE, Thomas Joseph | Secretary | — | 1994-08-30 |
| ERBEN, Jannine Marie | Secretary | 2018-09-13 | 2023-03-06 |
| ERBEN, Jannine Marie | Secretary | 2002-04-15 | 2018-03-02 |
| GOLDBERG, Robert | Secretary | 2018-03-02 | 2018-09-13 |
| KING, Timothy Charles Fredric | Secretary | 1996-08-31 | 1997-03-07 |
| REECE, Richard Stanley | Secretary | 1997-03-10 | 2002-04-15 |
| BERLIN, Andrew | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-11-18 |
| BRANDT, Rick | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2022-08-30 |
| DEL BON, Roberto | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-05-22 |
| DEVINE, Thomas Joseph | Director | — | 1994-08-30 |
| ERBEN, Heinz Georg Roland | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2018-01-23 |
| ERBEN, Heinz Georg Roland | Director | — | 1999-09-14 |
| ERBEN, Michael David Andor | Director | — | 2018-03-02 |
| GOLDBERG, Robert | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2024-01-10 |
| GONDRIS, Thomas | Director | — | 2002-04-16 |
| HEDGES, Brian John | Director | 1996-06-07 | 1997-11-30 |
| KENT, John Francis | Director | 1994-09-05 | 2002-04-16 |
| LAGOMARSINO, Jeremy | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-10-31 |
| MACKIE, John Arthur | Director | 1994-09-05 | 1999-06-22 |
| NIBLOE, Peter Jeremy | Director | 1998-10-07 | 2000-10-04 |
| QUARITSCH, Franz | Director | 2002-04-16 | 2004-11-01 |
| QUARITSCH, Franz Wilhelm | Director | 1998-04-21 | 1999-01-27 |
| RECROSIO, Paolo | Director | 2022-08-30 | 2025-01-24 |
| SPIEGEL, Steven | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. G. Holding S. P. A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-02 | Active |
| Mr Alexander Erben | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-07 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-29 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-4.9%
£129,024 £122,657
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-23.3%
£1,965,647 £1,508,523
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+35.7%
-£11,069 -£7,118
-
Profit before tax
+0.6%
-£459,845 -£457,124
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers