A B GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-29.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
286
-3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-5.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- A B GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2003-04-30 → present
- BURTON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED 1995-01-13 → 2003-04-30
- BURTON ENGINEERING COMPANY (BRIDLINGTON) LIMITED 1954-09-15 → 1995-01-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,476,000 | £57,005,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,824,000 | £3,808,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,537,000 | £4,286,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,323,000 | £3,365,000 | |
| Cash | £9,421,000 | £6,634,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,663,000 | £32,999,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,681,000 | £32,114,000 | |
| Equity | £30,681,000 | £32,114,000 | |
| Average employees | 297 | 286 | |
| Wages | £12,259,000 | £12,325,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | 11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 2.54x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the future prospects of the Company and note that it has a strong balance sheet position with no external debt, a suitable order book and good future sales prospects, a diverse portfolio of customers and products and an established supply chain. Cash flow forecasts for the period twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements have been prepared using assumptions based on the best available information at this time. The forecast has been extended to include sensitivity analysis to a downturn in trading conditions including extreme scenarios and the disruption of manufacturing capabilities. The Company continues to be a going concern under these scenarios. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- A B GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Maquinaria AB Graphic International SA 100%
Significant events
- “The conflict in Ukraine has not had a direct material impact on the business this year as sales of products into neither Ukraine nor Russia make up a significant part of overall business activity. Direct purchases from these countries are also not significant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Charles Nicholas | Director | — | Mar 1957 | British |
| BURTON, Matthew Edward | Director | 2019-01-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
| BURTON, Michael Peter | Director | — | Sep 1959 | British |
| CURTIS, Steven | Director | 2023-05-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| MELBOURNE, Ian James | Director | 2020-06-23 | Mar 1980 | British |
| NADIN, Simon Peter John | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| NORMAN, Mark | Director | 2020-07-09 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Ann Marie | Secretary | — | 1995-06-01 |
| LOWDE, Leslie John | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BELL, Tony William Harry | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2019-12-31 |
| BURTON, Ann Marie | Director | — | 2002-07-11 |
| BURTON, Ida | Director | — | 1993-02-19 |
| KIRKHAM, David William | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2016-01-29 |
| KNIGHT, Richard William | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2024-12-19 |
| LAWSON, David | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2025-04-30 |
| LOWDE, Leslie John | Director | 2004-12-17 | 2019-12-31 |
| SLINGSBY, Christopher Albert Spencer | Director | — | 2001-02-23 |
| STEVENSON, Anthony | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2004-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghb Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-7.3%
£61,476,000 £57,005,000
-
Cash
-29.6%
£9,421,000 £6,634,000
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£30,681,000 £32,114,000
-
Employees
-3.7%
297 286
-
Operating profit
-0.4%
£3,824,000 £3,808,000
-
Profit before tax
-5.5%
£4,537,000 £4,286,000
-
Wages
+0.5%
£12,259,000 £12,325,000
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