THE ENCORE GROUP (ENVELOPES AND PACKAGING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+107.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
+7% vs 2023
Employees
300
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-22.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE ENCORE GROUP (ENVELOPES AND PACKAGING) LIMITED 2019-12-06 → present
- ENCORE ENVELOPES LIMITED 2008-07-07 → 2019-12-06
- ENCORE WASHINGTON LIMITED 2006-01-26 → 2008-07-07
- WASHINGTON ENVELOPES LIMITED 1984-07-02 → 2006-01-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,646,933 | £51,259,351 | |
| Operating profit | £7,151,534 | £5,388,675 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,141,884 | £5,528,287 | |
| Net profit | £5,473,792 | £4,124,157 | |
| Cash | £3,744,475 | £7,782,574 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,718,527 | £34,184,247 | |
| Net assets | £30,245,280 | £32,369,437 | |
| Equity | £30,245,280 | £32,369,437 | |
| Average employees | 286 | 300 | |
| Wages | £8,628,440 | £9,423,679 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.9% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 2.80x | |
| Interest cover | 60.37x | 51.68x |
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
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have taken note of the guidance issued by the Financial Reporting Council on Going Concern Assessment in determining that this is the appropriate basis of preparation of the financial statements. After reviewing the company's forecasts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- THE ENCORE GROUP (ENVELOPES AND PACKAGING) LIMITED · parent
- Prestige Engineering Solutions Limited 100%
- Muscle Envelope Company Limited 92%
- Encore Print Solutions Limited 100%
- Encore Envelopes Limited 100%
- Envelope World Limited 100%
- Printed Envelopes Limited 100%
- Lithoflex Limited 100%
- Washington Envelopes Limited 100%
- Great Northern Envelopes (Leeds) Limited 100%
- All On Board Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Investment continued with the 0.5MW solar PV system at the Washington plant completed, as well as a new and more efficient die cutting machine, a new and used nesting machine and a new and used folder gluer machine all going into production during the year to help bolster the company's packaging production capacity.”
- “Further investment was committed to, with the help of a local authority grant, in the shape of a warehouse project at the site acquired in 2023 to overhaul the 23m high, 10,000 bay automated warehouse that the building hosts.”
- “Encore is now committed to becoming a net zero company by 2045 with validation from one of the leading greenhouse gas emissions reduction organisations on the planet.”
- “At the year end the company had an outstanding commitment relating to the purchase of a tangible fixed asset. The total financial commitments which are not included in the balance sheet amount to £693,286 (2023: £375,017).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOYCE, Gary | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Craig Lee | Director | 2017-10-19 | Aug 1982 | British |
| COOPER, David Norris | Director | 2002-09-23 | Dec 1975 | British |
| EYEINGTON, Mark | Director | 2017-10-19 | Apr 1974 | British |
| JOYCE, Gary | Director | 2017-10-19 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRE, David Gerrard | Secretary | — | 2007-02-22 |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael John | Secretary | 2007-02-22 | 2021-02-28 |
| CORKHILL, Julia Mary | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2011-11-08 |
| CROISDALE, John Russell | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2021-02-28 |
| GILL, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2007-02-22 |
| GILL, Jane | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2007-02-22 |
| JENKINS, Trevor | Director | — | 2002-09-23 |
| MCADAMS, James | Director | — | 1992-10-08 |
| MCGUIRE, David Gerrard | Director | — | 2007-02-22 |
| REYNOLDS, John Edward | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2015-05-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael John | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2021-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pencaster Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-12-01 | Active |
| Tyne & Wear Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-7.9%
£55,646,933 £51,259,351
-
Cash
+107.8%
£3,744,475 £7,782,574
-
Net assets
+7%
£30,245,280 £32,369,437
-
Employees
+4.9%
286 300
-
Operating profit
-24.7%
£7,151,534 £5,388,675
-
Profit before tax
-22.6%
£7,141,884 £5,528,287
-
Wages
+9.2%
£8,628,440 £9,423,679
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