LESTA PACKAGING PLC

1. LESTA PACKAGING PLC 2003-04-09 → present
2. LESTA PACKAGING LIMITED 1978-10-23 → 2003-04-09

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the Directors have reasonable expectation that the Company can remain viable, profitable and a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The year posed challenges with continued significant inflationary cost pressures, particularly in direct and freight costs. However, the continued focus on cost control, evolving the innovative packaging solutions the company offers to its customers, as well as diversifying it's product range and go to market strategy has helped to continue the improve both Lesta's underlying business levels and reported profit margins. The Board is gratified to note that the Company continues to effectively navigate the tough obstacles that exist in its markets, without impacting on the Company's long term strategic goals.”
• “In the pursuit of progress, the company continues to invest in expanding our Leicester site's warehousing, broadening its capability and the use of technology. This strategy continued, as planned, throughout FY25, boosting further our growth capacity and operational efficiency. This expansion enhances our ability to accommodate continuous growth and, even more importantly, fine-tunes and diversifies the operational processes that drive our business forward.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -12.3%

  £17,785,565 → £15,599,085

• Cash

  -40%

  £1,506,736 → £903,549

• Net assets

  +8%

  £8,377,334 → £9,044,965

• Employees

  -2.6%

  38 → 37

• Operating profit

  -3.6%

  £1,406,390 → £1,355,793

• Profit before tax

  -4.1%

  £1,122,182 → £1,076,496

• Wages

  -1%

  £1,123,424 → £1,112,620

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