MAPA SPONTEX UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+1.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-31.6% vs 2023
Employees
25
-19.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-41.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- MAPA SPONTEX UK LIMITED 2000-12-29 → present
- SPONTEX LIMITED 1990-10-22 → 2000-12-29
- SPONTEX HOLDINGS LIMITED 1990-01-15 → 1990-10-22
- PRICEL (U.K.) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1990-01-15
- GHANDIN LIMITED 1978-06-12 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,620,000 | £29,675,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,909,000 | £1,391,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,061,000 | £1,778,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,347,000 | £1,303,000 | |
| Cash | £6,631,000 | £6,742,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,749,000 | £4,617,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,749,000 | £4,617,000 | |
| Equity | £6,749,000 | £4,617,000 | |
| Average employees | 31 | 25 | |
| Wages | £1,588,000 | £1,376,000 |
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 | 8.9% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.1% | 30.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.5% | 72.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.39x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Forecasts of profitability and cashflow have been reviewed by the management of the Company and these support a conclusion that the Company is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Turnover reduced by 9.0%, predominantly driven by the decision to exit from an element low margin private label business.”
- “The total net assets of the Company decreased by £2,132k (31.6%) from 2023 £6,749k down to 2024 £4,617k. This is driven by higher amounts due to group undertakings, largely an Intercompany charge of £3,563k and dividends paid during the year.”
- “Profit after tax in the current year reduced by £1,044k (44.5%) from 2023 £2,347k down to 2024 £1,303k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECKSTROM, Sean Charles, Mr. | Director | 2018-02-19 | Dec 1967 | American |
| MATTHEWS, Marc | Director | 2017-04-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEALES, Martine Fernande Catherine | Secretary | 2007-05-14 | 2009-03-31 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2009-08-30 | 2017-04-30 |
| RANDALL, Eric William | Secretary | — | 1992-07-31 |
| RUDDOCK, Geoffrey John | Secretary | 1997-07-07 | 2007-05-14 |
| SAGOT, Philippe Bertrand Bruno | Secretary | 2009-03-31 | 2009-08-30 |
| WANLESS, Barry | Secretary | 1992-07-31 | 1992-11-18 |
| WILKINSON, Peter Joseph | Secretary | 1992-11-18 | 1997-06-13 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2009-08-30 | 2017-04-30 |
| CAPPS, John Edward | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2016-04-18 |
| DAVID, Patrick Alain | Director | 2010-08-30 | 2017-04-30 |
| GIBBONS, Robert David | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2017-04-30 |
| GIMENO-TERRAZA, Ramon | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2010-08-30 |
| KERSHAW, Frederick | Director | 1997-07-24 | 2001-11-23 |
| LIMOUZINEAU, Alain | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| OULTRAM, Kenneth | Director | 1993-02-11 | 1995-01-31 |
| PERROT, Eric Emile Noel | Director | 1998-07-31 | 2010-05-11 |
| PRESTON, Benjamin Randolph | Director | 2017-04-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| RANDALL, Eric William | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| ROUDOT, Michele | Director | — | 2005-02-23 |
| RUDDOCK, Geoffrey John | Director | 1997-07-07 | 2007-05-14 |
| SAGOT, Philippe Bertrand Bruno | Director | 2005-02-23 | 2010-05-11 |
| SANSONE, Richard Todd | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2017-04-30 |
| SHALLCROSS, Ralph William Owen Henry | Director | — | 2007-05-31 |
| SINGH, Amitabh | Director | 2017-04-30 | 2017-10-31 |
| WANLESS, Barry | Director | — | 1997-08-15 |
| WILKINSON, Peter Joseph | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1997-06-13 |
| WOOLDRIDGE, David Andrew | Director | 1992-11-18 | 1998-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newell Rubbermaid Uk Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-12 | Active |
| Brk Brands Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-06 | Ceased 2019-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-01-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-28 | 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
-9%
£32,620,000 £29,675,000
-
Cash
+1.7%
£6,631,000 £6,742,000
-
Net assets
-31.6%
£6,749,000 £4,617,000
-
Employees
-19.4%
31 25
-
Operating profit
-52.2%
£2,909,000 £1,391,000
-
Profit before tax
-41.9%
£3,061,000 £1,778,000
-
Wages
-13.4%
£1,588,000 £1,376,000
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