METSA BOARD UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-07 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-23
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
+20.2% vs 2023
Employees
9
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£503K
+121.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Following the group's decision in August 2023 to make changes to Metsä Board's legal and trading structure, including Metsä Board UK, the Directors have prepared the financial statements on a non-going concern basis as their intention is to liquidate this statutory entity.
Name history
Renamed 8 times since incorporation
- METSA BOARD UK LIMITED 2012-04-27 → present
- METSA BOARD LIMITED LIMITED 2012-04-23 → 2012-04-27
- M-REAL UK LIMITED 2002-12-20 → 2012-04-23
- M-REAL ALLIANCE UK LIMITED 2001-05-25 → 2002-12-20
- FOREST ALLIANCE UK LIMITED 1998-12-31 → 2001-05-25
- METSA-SERLA LIMITED 1998-05-01 → 1998-12-31
- METSA-SERLA PAPERBOARD LIMITED 1996-04-01 → 1998-05-01
- FINNBOARD (UK) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1996-04-01
- UNITED BOARD AGENCIES LIMITED 1951-12-18 → 1981-12-31
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 | £1,082,000 | £1,481,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,000 | £273,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £227,000 | £503,000 | |
| Net profit | £245,000 | £79,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,609,000 | £4,958,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,533,000 | £4,246,000 | |
| Equity | £3,533,000 | £4,246,000 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | £621,000 | £661,000 |
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 | 0.7% | 18.4% | |
| Net margin | 22.6% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 5.5% |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Following the group's decision in August 2023 to make changes to Metsä Board's legal and trading structure, including Metsä Board UK, the Directors have prepared the financial statements on a non-going concern basis as their intention is to liquidate this statutory entity.”
Significant events
- “Group's decision in August 2023 to make changes to Metsä Board's legal and trading structure, including Metsä Board UK.”
- “The Scheme has purchased Buy-In insurance. On 24th May 2022, the Trustee entered into a bulk purchase annuity policy with Just Retirement Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Gavin | Secretary | 2023-05-12 | — | — |
| STAHLBERG, Johan Anders Mikael | Director | 2008-08-01 | Jul 1968 | Finnish |
| TAMMILEHTO, Anssi | Director | 2026-05-01 | Nov 1982 | Finnish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEHILY, Fergus Diarmuid | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2006-06-08 |
| KNOTT, John Richard | Secretary | 1991-07-01 | 2000-09-29 |
| LAW, Charles Howard | Secretary | 2006-06-08 | 2007-03-30 |
| OLSSON, Alice | Secretary | 2017-06-29 | 2023-05-12 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Patrick | Secretary | — | 1991-06-30 |
| SCUDDER, David | Secretary | 2007-03-30 | 2010-04-16 |
| WIJESOORIYA, Naomal Lanil | Secretary | 2010-04-16 | 2017-07-31 |
| BERNER, Flemming | Director | 1994-11-08 | 1996-07-01 |
| BERNINGER, Lutz | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2008-08-01 |
| CLARK, Michael Alan | Director | — | 2004-08-01 |
| CLINTON, John Anthony | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2002-05-07 |
| DICKINSON, Richard George | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| EHRNROOTH, Claes Christian Reinhold | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-08-01 |
| EHRNROOTH, Claes Christian Reinhold | Director | — | 1994-11-07 |
| GREEN, Michael John | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2009-04-30 |
| HEIKKINEN, Jukka Kaarlo Henrik | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2005-12-15 |
| HOLM, Per Markus | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2016-10-28 |
| KEHILY, Fergus Diarmuid | Director | 2006-03-17 | 2007-03-30 |
| KEHILY, Fergus Diarmuid | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2004-08-01 |
| LINDAHL, Matti Johan, Director | Director | — | 1992-05-05 |
| MYNTTINEN, Veli Matti Juhani | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2004-09-03 |
| NOPONEN, Jussi | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2021-05-01 |
| PARVI, Seppo Matti | Director | 2008-05-07 | 2009-06-01 |
| PUOTINEN, Seppo Tapani | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2005-12-15 |
| SAHLSTEDT, Jorma Johan | Director | 1992-05-05 | 1996-07-01 |
| SEDERHOLM, Henri Tapani | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2025-10-24 |
| SEDERHOLM, Henri Tapani | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2018-08-31 |
| TULOISELA, Jukka Pekka | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2015-03-27 |
| YLI-PAAVOLA, Anti Juhani | Director | 1993-04-22 | 1996-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metsa Board International Oy | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-09-28 | Active |
| M-Real Holdings Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
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Turnover
+36.9%
£1,082,000 £1,481,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+20.2%
£3,533,000 £4,246,000
-
Employees
0%
9 9
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Operating profit
+3,312.5%
£8,000 £273,000
-
Profit before tax
+121.6%
£227,000 £503,000
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Wages
+6.4%
£621,000 £661,000
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