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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

  1. A B GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2003-04-30 → present
  2. BURTON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED 1995-01-13 → 2003-04-30
  3. BURTON ENGINEERING COMPANY (BRIDLINGTON) LIMITED 1954-09-15 → 1995-01-13

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric Trend 2024-04-302025-04-30
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 297286
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 2024-04-302025-04-30
Operating margin 6.2%6.7%
Net margin 5.4%5.9%
Return on capital employed 12.1%11.5%
Current ratio 2.61x2.54x

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

  1. A B GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
    1. Maquinaria AB Graphic International SA 100% · Spain · Supply of printing machinery

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-08-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-08-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-05-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-01-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2021-02-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-10-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-06-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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