SMURFIT WESTROCK UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-10.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£335M
-5.9% vs 2023
Employees
3,828
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£42M
-38% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-11-11
- SMURFIT WESTROCK UK LTD 2024-11-11 → present
- SMURFIT KAPPA UK LTD 2006-07-05 → 2024-11-11
- SMURFIT UK LIMITED 1999-08-10 → 2006-07-05
- SMURFIT LIMITED 1971-07-08 → 1999-08-10
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 | £1,033,267,000 | £1,009,067,000 | |
| Operating profit | £77,499,000 | £53,277,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £68,072,000 | £42,176,000 | |
| Net profit | £54,891,000 | £34,579,000 | |
| Cash | £4,959,000 | £4,455,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £486,884,000 | £438,214,000 | |
| Net assets | £355,981,000 | £334,922,000 | |
| Equity | £355,981,000 | £334,922,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,945 | 3,828 | |
| Wages | £175,506,000 | £184,404,000 |
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 | 7.5% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.9% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.8% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 4.92x | 3.66x |
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
“The directors have prepared a going concern assessment for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicates that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Group structure
- SMURFIT WESTROCK UK LTD · parent
- Spirit Packaging Ltd 100%
- West Country Packaging Ltd 100%
- Atlas Packaging Ltd 100%
- Saxon Packaging Ltd 100%
- Miramar Investments Holdings Ltd 100%
- Miramar Investments Limited 100%
- Brenchley Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On July 5th 2024 the Smurfit Kappa Group merged with WestRock Group, forming Smurfit Westrock Group, a global leader in sustainable packaging. The new group announced its primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange on July 8th 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALES, Nicola | Secretary | 2010-03-16 | — | — |
| CARSON-CALLAN, Gillian | Director | 2020-06-01 | Feb 1976 | Irish |
| COVENTRY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2017-02-06 | Sep 1979 | British |
| FELLOWS, Edwin | Director | 2019-07-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| MCNEILL, Patrick | Director | 2006-02-20 | May 1959 | British |
| MOODY, John | Director | 2018-07-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Michael James | Secretary | — | 2006-04-05 |
| CLISH, Keith | Secretary | 2006-04-05 | 2010-03-16 |
| ALLEN, Christopher | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-01-26 |
| BAILEY, Trevor Howard | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2005-03-01 |
| BOWERS, Clive | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2019-06-30 |
| BOWLES, Ken | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2010-11-01 |
| BRADLEY, David | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| BUCK, Robert Irving | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-03-05 |
| BYRNE, Ken | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| CLAYTON, Michael James | Director | — | 2006-04-05 |
| COGHLAN, John Patrick | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2002-09-02 |
| DRUMMOND, Michael | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2007-02-28 |
| FAGAN, Gerard Andrew | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2009-11-16 |
| FOX, William Russell | Director | 2003-06-02 | 2006-03-31 |
| HISCOCK, John | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2018-07-01 |
| KILROY, Howard Edward | Director | — | 1995-03-01 |
| O RIORDAN, Michael | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2020-06-01 |
| PRICE, John Ernest | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-04-05 |
| ROBERTSON, James Alexander | Director | 1996-04-22 | 1998-02-28 |
| SELLIER, Laurent Dominique | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2006-01-01 |
| SEVILLANO, Jose Ignacio | Director | 2004-03-04 | 2004-10-28 |
| SHEPHERD, Colin | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2020-01-31 |
| SMITH, William Anthony | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| SMURFIT, Anthony Paul | Director | — | 2000-05-22 |
| SMURFIT, Dermot Francis, Dr | Director | 1989-10-31 | 1992-09-01 |
| THOMAS, Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-10-17 |
| VAN BANNING, Robert Julius Herman Maria | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| VILLAQUIRAN, Roberto | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2002-10-17 |
| WEBSTER, Peter Francis, Mr. | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1998-02-28 |
| WOOLLARD, Andrew John | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2006-02-07 |
| WRIGHT, Patrick Joseph | Director | — | 1996-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smurfit Kappa Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Smurfit Westrock Packaging Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.3%
£1,033,267,000 £1,009,067,000
-
Cash
-10.2%
£4,959,000 £4,455,000
-
Net assets
-5.9%
£355,981,000 £334,922,000
-
Employees
-3%
3,945 3,828
-
Operating profit
-31.3%
£77,499,000 £53,277,000
-
Profit before tax
-38%
£68,072,000 £42,176,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£175,506,000 £184,404,000
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