WEEDON PACKAGING SOLUTION CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£268K
+193% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+9.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
143
+2.9% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£437K
-24.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WEEDON PACKAGING SOLUTION CENTRE LIMITED 2006-02-28 → present
- HINTON CASE COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1975-04-18 → 2006-02-28
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £14,606,150 | — | — | £20,274,060 | £19,753,867 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £643,235 | — | — | £853,049 | £600,885 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £518,177 | £703,744 | £452,498 | £579,877 | £437,302 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £432,182 | — | £272,412 | £441,621 | £312,687 | |
| Cash | — | — | £55,194 | £93,431 | £247,441 | £91,399 | £267,763 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £2,391,096 | £2,779,243 | £3,763,308 | £3,416,207 | £3,182,300 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,077,705 | £2,270,579 | £2,116,673 | £2,080,683 | £2,278,266 | |
| Equity | £1,854,211 | £1,939,079 | £2,077,705 | £2,270,579 | £2,116,673 | £2,080,683 | £2,278,266 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 114 | 127 | 136 | 139 | 143 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,149,969 | £3,407,098 | £3,655,449 | £3,725,142 | £3,935,452 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 4.4% | — | — | 4.2% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.0% | — | — | 2.2% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 26.9% | — | — | 25.0% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.21x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.14x | — | — | 3.12x | 3.67x |
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
- Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the Director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 7 April 2024, the Company was acquired by the Zeus Packaging Investment (UK) Limited. The previous owners of the Company were John Weedon and Peter Weedon.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Brian | Director | 2024-04-08 | Oct 1969 | Irish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEEDON, Peter Richard | Secretary | — | 2024-04-08 |
| BENCE, John Douglas | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2003-10-01 |
| HART, David | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1997-10-29 |
| RECUERO, Luis Martinez | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2003-10-01 |
| WEEDON, John Derek | Director | — | 2024-04-08 |
| WEEDON, Peter Richard | Director | — | 2024-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Derek Weedon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2016-04-13 |
| Mr Peter Richard Weedon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2016-04-13 |
| Weedon Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-2.6%
£20,274,060 £19,753,867
-
Cash
+193%
£91,399 £267,763
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+9.5%
£2,080,683 £2,278,266
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+2.9%
139 143
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-29.6%
£853,049 £600,885
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-24.6%
£579,877 £437,302
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+5.6%
£3,725,142 £3,935,452
highest in 5 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