DEMPSON LIMITED

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  Insolvency history on file

  Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.

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  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2026-03-31.

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  We draw attention to note 2.3 and note 27 in the financial statements, which confirms that the company has entered into a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement post the balance sheet date. As stated in note 2.3, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.3, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. DEMPSON LIMITED 2014-02-14 → present
2. DEMPSON CROOKE LIMITED 2007-10-09 → 2014-02-14
3. DEMPSON PACKAGING LIMITED 1993-07-01 → 2007-10-09
4. FIBRE CONVERTERS LIMITED 1962-01-04 → 1993-07-01

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

Kreston Reeves LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“We draw attention to note 2.3 and note 27 in the financial statements, which confirms that the company has entered into a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement post the balance sheet date. As stated in note 2.3, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.3, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.”

Group structure

1. DEMPSON LIMITED · parent
   1. Dempson Bosna d.o.o. 1% · Bosnia and Herzegovina · manufacturer of paper bags
   2. Fleurwrap Limited 1% · England and Wales · manufacturer of plastic wrapping
   3. R.S. Crooke Holdings Limited 1% · England and Wales · dormant company
   4. R.S. Crooke & Co. (Paper Sales) Limited 1% · England and Wales · non trading company
   5. Osmond Hartley & Son Limited 1% · England and Wales · non-trading company

Significant events

• “Subsequent to the year end, due to continued difficult trading conditions Dempson Limited entered into a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) with the creditors of the company on 17 February 2025.”
• “The company has secured additional investment on 6 May 2025 and in the process of completing the CVA.”
• “As of the 6th September 2024 the Bosnian factory ceased its production of paper bags with a small team remaining to resolve closing matters. The sale of the property and machinery has been proposed while nothing has been finalised at the date of signing.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -26.3%

  £15,179,758 → £11,193,646

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +101.8%

  £32,507 → £65,604

• Net assets

  -173.7%

  £970,796 → -£715,698

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -10.1%

  89 → 80

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -197.6%

  £642,833 → -£627,203

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -703.3%

  £261,454 → -£1,577,233

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  -11.2%

  £2,542,155 → £2,257,058

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