BERLIN PACKAGING UK LTD

1. BERLIN PACKAGING UK LTD 2021-10-01 → present
2. H.ERBEN LIMITED 1954-10-01 → 2021-10-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Berlin Packaging UK Ltd have prepared budgets for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and these evidence that the company is likely to continue its success in the market. This, together with healthy cash flow forecasts, confirm that the company will have available funds and access to cash to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue to trade as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from signing date of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BERLIN PACKAGING UK LTD · parent
   1. Alpack Limited 100% · Ireland · Continued to be that of the supply of packaging to the food and drink industry
   2. Roma International Limited 100% · UK · Dissolved 13 May 2025

Significant events

• “2024 was another year of challenges in supply chains with delays and customer over stocking continuing to affect levels of demand. One key customer chose to switch to an alternative supplier and the combination of these factors drove the turnover of the company down from £84.5m to £60.7m with the lower activity levels also driving stocks down by £2.8m.”
• “The movement in investments during the year relates to impairment of The Bottle Jar Store Company Limited, which was dissolved on 18 June 2024.”
• “A new loan from Berlin Packaging UK Ltd to Berlin Packaging Italy S.p.A. for €2,618,883 (£2,297,263.51) was granted on 27 June 2025, repayable in 10 years.”
• “After the year end, a decision was made to repay a loan between Berlin Packaging UK Ltd and Berlin Packaging LLC early. €8,381,117 (£7,351,848.49) was repaid on 26 June 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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.

• Turnover

  -28.1%

  £84,477,697 → £60,735,329

• Cash

  +130.1%

  £5,863,383 → £13,492,742

  highest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  -2.5%

  £29,408,115 → £28,670,121

• Employees

  -17.3%

  127 → 105

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  +47%

  -£844,603 → -£448,053

• Profit before tax

  -2,369.2%

  £35,280 → -£800,571

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  -21.7%

  £5,694,491 → £4,459,128

  lowest in 3 filed years

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