WASDELL PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+9,605.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
+16.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
368
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+791% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £29,112,404 | — | £28,586,053 | £31,997,955 | £36,505,693 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,029,434 | — | £1,361,789 | -£292,502 | £1,108,046 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£3,580,690 | — | £3,810,719 | -£618,949 | £4,277,115 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£3,724,112 | — | £3,624,201 | -£517,699 | £4,018,624 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,716,103 | — | £88,617 | £17,773 | £1,724,954 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £21,070,896 | — | £25,476,027 | £24,828,683 | £28,677,867 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £20,572,699 | — | £24,917,750 | £24,400,051 | £28,418,675 | |
| Equity | £23,210,938 | £24,296,811 | £20,572,699 | £21,293,549 | £24,917,750 | £24,400,051 | £28,418,675 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 490 | — | 355 | 376 | 368 | |
| Wages | — | — | £10,399,160 | — | £9,301,109 | £10,589,396 | £10,654,404 |
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.5% | — | 4.8% | -0.9% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -12.8% | — | 12.7% | -1.6% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 4.9% | — | 5.3% | -1.2% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.74x | 6.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 13.41x | — | 6.66x | -0.84x | 10.85x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “On the 13th June 2025, a loan of £4,155,833 was made by the company to Hercules Plc, an entity in which Wasdell Packaging Limited holds a non-controlling interest in.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEDHAM, Daniel Murray | Director | 2023-04-20 | Sep 1985 | British |
| TEDHAM, Martin John | Director | 2010-10-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASDELL, Carole Josephine Dixon | Secretary | — | 2006-09-28 |
| WASDELL, Georgina Susan | Secretary | 2006-09-28 | 2010-06-30 |
| BAYLIS, Christopher Edward | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| GOUGH, Philip | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2020-09-17 |
| HARRIS, David William | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| REDMAN, John Maybin Vivian | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2016-07-31 |
| STEEL, Marshall Malcolm | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| VINES, Philip Stewart | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2020-09-17 |
| WASDELL, Donald Charles | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-09-28 |
| WASDELL, Donald Charles | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| WASDELL, James Hugh Charles | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2014-07-22 |
| WASDELL, Richard James Norman | Director | — | 2006-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasdell Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-23 | Active |
| Mr Martin John Tedham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+14.1%
£31,997,955 £36,505,693
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+9,605.5%
£17,773 £1,724,954
-
Net assets
+16.5%
£24,400,051 £28,418,675
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-2.1%
376 368
-
Operating profit
+478.8%
-£292,502 £1,108,046
first positive since 2024
-
Profit before tax
+791%
-£618,949 £4,277,115
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+0.6%
£10,589,396 £10,654,404
highest in 4 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