METAL BOX TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-07-02
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
Cash
£408K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£52K
Equity attributable
Employees
82
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£846K
Period ending 2024-07-02
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-07-18
- METAL BOX TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2024-07-18 → present
- APG CASH DRAWER LIMITED 2017-07-20 → 2024-07-18
- CASH BASES LIMITED 1999-09-27 → 2017-07-20
- CASH BASES G.B. LIMITED 1981-05-19 → 1999-09-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-02
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-07-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,290,405 | £5,800,416 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,140,035 | -£785,616 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,268,109 | -£845,806 | |
| Net profit | -£959,855 | -£989,075 | |
| Cash | £1,508,525 | £407,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,900,738 | £1,312,050 | |
| Net assets | £475,962 | £51,991 | |
| Equity | £475,962 | £51,991 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 82 | |
| Wages | £3,450,450 | £1,780,886 |
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 | 2024-07-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.1% | -13.5% | |
| Net margin | -8.5% | -17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -60.0% | -59.9% | |
| Current ratio | -0.90x | -0.97x | |
| Interest cover | -8.90x | -13.05x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing going concern, the directors have prepared trading and cash flow forecasts through to 31 December 2027. These forecasts indicate that the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “A distribution in specie amounting to £667,856 was made during the period (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENGER, Gareth David | Director | 2024-07-02 | Aug 1988 | British |
| BENGER, Stephen | Director | 2024-07-02 | Dec 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Michael David | Director | 2025-11-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Geoffrey Ian | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | 2024-07-02 |
| STAVELEY, Barbara Aylward | Secretary | — | 1993-10-07 |
| STOKES, Michael Douglas | Secretary | 1994-06-20 | 2016-06-28 |
| ANDREWS, Mark Thomas Beadle | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2026-03-20 |
| BRODERICK, Kevin James | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2025-03-07 |
| BUDGEN, John Dennis | Director | 1998-05-26 | 2003-06-16 |
| BURNETT, Hugh Thomas | Director | 1994-06-20 | 2004-09-17 |
| CARR, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-06-28 |
| COTE, Richard Louis | Director | 1994-06-20 | 1996-09-19 |
| CURTIN, Thomas | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1997-05-29 |
| DAVID, Michael John | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Michael Timothy | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2017-03-31 |
| ELLIFF, Peter John | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2017-01-30 |
| ELLIFF, Peter John | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2004-09-14 |
| HALVERSON, Steven | Director | 2020-08-20 | 2024-07-02 |
| HANNAY, Michael Roddey | Director | 1997-06-11 | 2002-08-30 |
| HOBDAY, Peter Stanley | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2016-09-27 |
| ILIFFE, John Stuart Roy | Director | 2024-07-02 | 2025-03-07 |
| KEENAN, Gillian | Director | 2003-07-03 | 2004-05-25 |
| LOVEGROVE, Doris Eileen | Director | — | 1993-10-07 |
| LOVEGROVE, Gerald Dennis | Director | — | 1994-06-20 |
| LUKASH, Seth Mayer | Director | 1994-06-20 | 1997-05-29 |
| MANNING, Bruce James | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1997-02-28 |
| OLSON, Mark | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2020-08-20 |
| POLZIN, Todd | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2024-07-02 |
| ROYS, Steven William | Director | 2003-09-15 | 2017-01-30 |
| SMITH, Brian | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2017-03-31 |
| STAVELEY, Barbara Aylward | Director | — | 1994-06-20 |
| STAVELEY, Brian Newbold | Director | — | 1994-06-20 |
| STONE, Philip James | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2017-01-30 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael Richard | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-06-21 |
| WESTCOTT, David John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gareth David Benger | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Mr Mark Thomas Beadle Andrews | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-03-20 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
| Mr Stephen Benger | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-03-20 | Active |
| Cash Bases Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-18 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-03-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-11-13 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-18 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-07-02 vs 2023-12-31