FIRN OVERSEAS PACKAGING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-08-29 (in 3mo)

Last filed for 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-30 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

-16.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£17M

+8.4% vs 2023

Employees

-11.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+6.5% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FIRN OVERSEAS PACKAGING LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30

Metric	2018-11-30	2019-11-30	2020-11-30	2021-11-30	2022-11-30	2023-11-30	2024-11-30
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£54,889,684	£74,136,836
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£1,647,674	£1,762,773
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	—	£1,647,674	£1,755,217
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	£1,339,141	£1,287,749
Cash	—	—	—	—	—	£6,175,264	£5,143,111
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	—	£15,274,870	£16,562,619
Net assets	—	—	—	—	—	£15,274,870	£16,562,619
Equity	£4,934,541	£6,169,717	£8,415,570	£10,813,555	£13,935,729	£15,274,870	£16,562,619
Average employees	—	—	—	—	—	9	8
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£1,041,469	£1,166,582

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	2018-11-30	2019-11-30	2020-11-30	2021-11-30	2022-11-30	2023-11-30	2024-11-30
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	3.0%	2.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	2.4%	1.7%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	10.8%	10.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	17.6%	20.1%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	5.67x	4.97x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	—	233.29x

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: HW Fisher Audit
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Accordingly, at the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future on the basis of forecasts created. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

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

People

6 active · 23 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MEECHAN, Paul	Secretary	2006-10-05	—	British
AZZAM, Samy	Director	2016-03-15	Oct 1975	British
ELGAMMAL, Ibrahim, Dr	Director	2013-12-16	May 1948	Canadian
ELGAMMAL, Tarek	Director	2013-12-16	Dec 1983	Canadian
HAYES, Michael	Director	2021-01-10	Jul 1960	British
MEECHAN, Paul	Director	2007-03-06	Apr 1966	British

Show 23 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HONEYBONE, Patricia	Secretary	—	1997-02-04
STABLES, Donna Jeanette	Secretary	1997-02-04	2006-10-04
AZZAM, Mohamed	Director	2013-12-16	2018-08-31
FERGUSON, Shane Stuart Cory	Director	—	2001-09-06
FREILINGER, Wolfgang Johann, Dr	Director	—	1993-12-31
HATHORN, David Andrew	Director	1996-09-02	2002-10-01
HIGGINS, Anthony Roberts	Director	2001-07-02	2013-11-29
JOSEFSSON, Bjorn Conny	Director	2005-03-03	2010-10-01
KISSELBACH, Wolfgang, Dipl. Volkswirt	Director	1994-01-01	1996-09-01
KITZBICHLER, Angelika	Director	2009-05-11	2010-10-01
KLUMPP, Johannes	Director	2010-10-01	2013-12-16
KORNFELD, Gerhard, Mag.Dr	Director	2008-02-22	2009-05-11
MACHACEK, Peter, Magister	Director	1996-09-18	2008-02-22
MINASSIAN, Heros	Director	—	1999-04-01
PONTING, Geoffrey Lloyd	Director	1997-04-01	2000-12-01
SKILICH, Christian	Director	2008-02-22	2012-05-17
STABLES, Donna Jeanette	Director	2001-01-01	2006-10-04
STOCKERT, Florian, Dr	Director	2010-10-01	2013-12-16
STOCKREITER, Clemens Johann, Mag	Director	2012-05-17	2013-12-16
STRONG, Bruce William	Director	2010-10-01	2011-12-31
THOMPSON, Andrew Murray	Director	1996-09-02	2005-03-03
USHER, Jacqueline	Director	2001-01-01	2005-03-03
VOELKER, Siegfried	Director	—	2005-03-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Dr Mohammed Azzam	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors	2016-07-28	Ceased 2018-08-31
Mrs Nermine Elgammal	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-07-28	Active
Dr Ibrahim Elgammal	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm	2016-07-28	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 166 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-08-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-07-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-01-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-11-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-07-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-27	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2019-07-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-05-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-07	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2019-01-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-01-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2018-11-10	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 1
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30

Turnover

+35.1%

£54,889,684 £74,136,836
Cash

-16.7%

£6,175,264 £5,143,111
Net assets

+8.4%

£15,274,870 £16,562,619
Employees

-11.1%

9 8
Operating profit

+7%

£1,647,674 £1,762,773
Profit before tax

+6.5%

£1,647,674 £1,755,217
Wages

+12%

£1,041,469 £1,166,582

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

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