SGS PACKAGING EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+200.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-25.1% vs 2023
Employees
528
-9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-7.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SGS PACKAGING EUROPE LIMITED 2010-08-04 → present
- MCG GRAPHICS LIMITED 1989-04-03 → 2010-08-04
- M.C.G. GRAPHICS LIMITED 1985-11-15 → 1989-04-03
- ROBERT PETERS(LONDON)LIMITED 1959-06-30 → 1985-11-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,426,000 | £52,467,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,262,000 | -£5,645,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,074,000 | -£5,459,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,505,000 | -£3,850,000 | |
| Cash | £740,000 | £2,225,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,351,000 | £11,501,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,351,000 | £11,501,000 | |
| Equity | £15,351,000 | £11,501,000 | |
| Average employees | 583 | 528 | |
| Wages | £22,233,000 | £22,752,000 |
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 | -9.8% | -10.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.6% | -7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.3% | -49.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.9% | 77.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.21x |
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 Company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance and uncertainties, show that the Company under all downside scenarios considered will be able to operate within the level of its current working capital, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Significant events
- “On 1st July 2025 BlackRock purchased HPS Investment Partners, LLC ("HPS"). HPS are the ultimate controlling party and Southern Graphics Inc is the largest group for which consolidated group financial statements are prepared of which the Company is a member.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHAUER, Justin Colin | Secretary | 2022-10-03 | — | — |
| BEARD, Richard Paul | Director | 2025-09-17 | Oct 1972 | American |
| BROADBENT, David Charles | Director | 2025-09-17 | Mar 1964 | American |
| HOOLEY, Mark William | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| KOHL, Gary Raymond | Director | 2025-09-17 | Apr 1963 | American |
| SCHAUER, Justin Colin | Director | 2025-09-17 | Jul 1971 | American |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABB, Alvis Jean | Secretary | — | 2012-03-15 |
| BABB, Steven Trevor | Secretary | 2020-06-30 | 2022-08-31 |
| DABNEY, Donna C | Secretary | 2005-11-04 | 2005-12-30 |
| HARMON, Benjamin | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| JONES, Richard Russell | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2019-12-23 |
| MORGAN, Anna | Secretary | 2019-12-23 | 2020-06-30 |
| MCG GRAPHICS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2010-08-01 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-04 | 2006-05-18 |
| BABB, Malcolm Trevor | Director | — | 2012-03-15 |
| BABB, Steven Trevor | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2022-08-31 |
| BAUGHMAN, Henry Robert | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2015-01-20 |
| BEJARANO, Daniel Marco | Director | 1996-05-02 | 2005-11-04 |
| BUXTON, Stephen William | Director | 1999-02-08 | 2009-09-30 |
| CAMINO, Jose Ramon | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2005-12-30 |
| DORUDOTTIR, Stefania Maria | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2005-11-04 |
| FARGAS MAS, Lluis Maria | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2005-12-30 |
| FERRIE, Graham William | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2000-05-31 |
| GILL, Peter John | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| HAYES, Paul A | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2005-12-30 |
| JONES, Richard Russell | Director | 1992-12-21 | 2019-12-23 |
| KOONTZ, Terence Wade | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2025-09-17 |
| MCGRATH, Brian | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| MCHUGH, Andrew James | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2009-11-13 |
| MILLER, James Christopher | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| MORGAN, Anna Marie | Director | 2019-12-23 | 2020-06-30 |
| NACCARATO, Luca Charles John | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| PLUMMER, William | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2005-12-30 |
| ROPER, David Alexander | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Perry Kenneth | Director | 1992-12-21 | 1996-07-31 |
| SCHOFIELD, Jan Hervey | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| SHANNON, Michael Lee | Director | 2005-11-04 | 2010-12-20 |
| SPEIGHT, Robert Andrew | Director | 1996-05-02 | 1998-09-01 |
| TRACEY, Aidan David | Director | 2015-01-20 | 2019-02-28 |
| WALSH, Bernard James | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgs International Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Sgs Packaging Europe Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
-
Turnover
-1.8%
£53,426,000 £52,467,000
-
Cash
+200.7%
£740,000 £2,225,000
-
Net assets
-25.1%
£15,351,000 £11,501,000
-
Employees
-9.4%
583 528
-
Operating profit
-7.3%
-£5,262,000 -£5,645,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.6%
-£5,074,000 -£5,459,000
-
Wages
+2.3%
£22,233,000 £22,752,000
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