HUHTAMAKI (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
+38.7% vs 2023
Employees
309
-2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-18.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HUHTAMAKI (UK) LIMITED 2001-05-01 → present
- HUHTAMAKI VAN LEER LIMITED 2000-04-03 → 2001-05-01
- POLARCUP LTD 1993-01-01 → 2000-04-03
- SWEETHEART INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1993-01-01
- SWEETHEART INTERNATIONAL (GOSPORT) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1981-12-31
- SWEETHEART PLASTICS LIMITED 1969-06-17 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,501,000 | £83,598,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,314,000 | £8,774,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,995,000 | £7,328,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,048,000 | £5,584,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,217,000 | £55,715,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,944,000 | £24,889,000 | |
| Equity | £17,944,000 | £24,889,000 | |
| Average employees | 317 | 309 | |
| Wages | £16,149,000 | £16,671,000 |
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 | 11.3% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.9% | 69.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | 7.82x | 6.07x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUUSIKOSKI, Leena Tellervo | Director | 2020-12-31 | Dec 1976 | Finnish |
| PORTER, Charles Alexander Iain Greville | Director | 2025-05-22 | Feb 1977 | British |
| RALPH, David George | Director | 2024-09-30 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMB, Susan Heather | Secretary | 1998-12-10 | 2005-03-09 |
| LEWIS, Neil | Secretary | — | 1993-09-08 |
| PHILLIPS, David Colin | Secretary | 1993-09-08 | 1998-12-10 |
| PLAYER, Jonathan | Secretary | 2006-01-18 | 2008-03-10 |
| WILKINS, Gregory | Secretary | 2008-03-10 | 2012-01-02 |
| WILSON, Kenneth Evans | Secretary | 2005-06-21 | 2006-01-18 |
| AHO, Eero | Director | 1991-12-30 | 1999-02-18 |
| BARTON, Graham | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2009-09-28 |
| BERGWALL, Lars | Director | 1991-12-30 | 1992-02-28 |
| CROSSLEY, Keith James | Director | 2017-09-30 | 2019-11-30 |
| DAVIES, Luan | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-05-12 |
| DEMEUSE, Donald Howard | Director | — | 1991-12-30 |
| DOHERTY, Ciaran | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| DUDDINGTON, Philip, Dr | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2009-09-28 |
| FRANCIS, Simon Dafydd Huw | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2010-01-08 |
| FREEBURN, John Patrick | Director | 2002-08-30 | 2007-08-01 |
| FREEBURN, John Patrick | Director | 1992-04-02 | 1992-12-01 |
| HARRIS, Robert Stanley | Director | 1998-06-30 | 1999-03-08 |
| HELLSTROM, Karl Johan Mikael | Director | 2009-09-07 | 2021-06-30 |
| HEMPEL, Kathleen Jane | Director | — | 1991-12-30 |
| IITTI, Tarja | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2020-12-31 |
| JENNER, Simon Ashley | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2016-02-11 |
| KESKI-MATTILA, Timo Tapani | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2012-04-30 |
| LANG, Jan Ove | Director | 2002-08-30 | 2003-05-31 |
| LE LAY, Eric Pascal | Director | 2009-09-07 | 2023-09-20 |
| LEA, Andrew William | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2009-04-01 |
| MARSHALL, Robert | Director | 2022-06-17 | 2023-09-20 |
| MASON, Rosemary | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| NORKIO, Anssi Asko | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2024-01-31 |
| O`DEA, John Saint Laurence | Director | 1992-12-09 | 2016-03-04 |
| PAUNI, Sami-Jukka | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2023-09-20 |
| PHILLIPS, David Colin | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2005-07-15 |
| PLAYER, Jonathan | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2009-04-01 |
| SALONEN, Timo Veikko | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2013-09-02 |
| SALONEN, Timo Veikko | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1998-05-25 |
| STATON, Mark John | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1998-11-04 |
| STEEL, John Edward | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2010-08-19 |
| TIKKAKOSKI, Matti Olavi | Director | 1995-11-10 | 2003-12-10 |
| TIMMISS, Derek | Director | 2016-02-11 | 2016-10-07 |
| WHITTALL, Neil David | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2009-09-28 |
| WILLIAMS, John David Francis | Director | — | 1995-10-16 |
| WOODWARD, Charles Edwin | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2002-07-12 |
| YOUNG, Johnathan Alexander | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2014-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huhtamaki Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-15 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-8.6%
£91,501,000 £83,598,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+38.7%
£17,944,000 £24,889,000
-
Employees
-2.5%
317 309
-
Operating profit
-14.9%
£10,314,000 £8,774,000
-
Profit before tax
-18.5%
£8,995,000 £7,328,000
-
Wages
+3.2%
£16,149,000 £16,671,000
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