POVOAS PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-28.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-10.2% vs 2023
Employees
110
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+0.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,523,000 | £29,497,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,789,000 | £3,636,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,765,000 | £3,779,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,959,000 | £2,993,000 | |
| Cash | £4,728,000 | £3,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,616,000 | £15,918,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,456,000 | £13,880,000 | |
| Equity | £15,456,000 | £13,880,000 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 110 | |
| Wages | £4,207,000 | £4,778,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.5% | 22.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.7% | 26.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | 90.21x | 57.71x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the company had a strong net current asset position and a positive cash balance. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the going concern position and consider that this does indicate that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the group took out a £1,500,000 Barclays loan facility, repayable within two years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURNER, Martha | Secretary | 2025-03-24 | — | — |
| POVOAS, Henry | Director | 2026-03-31 | Oct 1999 | British |
| POVOAS, Oliver | Director | 2026-03-31 | May 1996 | British |
| POVOAS, Simon John | Director | 1994-03-22 | Jun 1966 | British |
| TURNER, Martha | Director | 2026-03-31 | Jan 1998 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWIN, Carl David | Secretary | — | 2004-06-09 |
| KENDALL, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2011-04-12 | 2025-03-24 |
| KENDALL, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2004-07-05 | 2009-07-20 |
| STOCK, Michael Charles | Secretary | 2009-07-20 | 2011-04-12 |
| BREWIN, Carl David | Director | — | 2004-06-09 |
| BREWIN, Margaret Roberta | Director | 2004-10-22 | 2021-05-14 |
| GILCHRIST, Tyrone | Director | 2006-09-25 | 2008-07-23 |
| HULL, Margaret | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| KENDALL, Adam James | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2021-05-14 |
| KENDALL, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| POVOAS, John Albert Reginald | Director | — | 2008-12-16 |
| SUMMERS, Edward Merrett | Director | 1994-03-22 | 2001-06-12 |
| SUMMERS, Nora Beatrice | Director | — | 2001-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P&K Group Holdings Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-14 | Active |
| Mr Simon John Povoas | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-26 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£29,523,000 £29,497,000
-
Cash
-28.1%
£4,728,000 £3,400,000
-
Net assets
-10.2%
£15,456,000 £13,880,000
-
Employees
0%
110 110
-
Operating profit
-4%
£3,789,000 £3,636,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.4%
£3,765,000 £3,779,000
-
Wages
+13.6%
£4,207,000 £4,778,000
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