SMURFIT WESTROCK BRISTOL LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£34K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
170
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£5M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-06-27
- SMURFIT WESTROCK BRISTOL LTD 2025-06-27 → present
- WESTROCK PACKAGING SYSTEMS UK LTD. 2016-09-28 → 2025-06-27
- MEADWESTVACO UK LIMITED 2002-10-01 → 2016-09-28
- MEAD U.K. LIMITED 1999-08-03 → 2002-10-01
- MEAD PACKAGING LIMITED 1986-07-01 → 1999-08-03
- GUIDEWILD LIMITED 1986-05-20 → 1986-07-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,495,000 | £72,531,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,319,000 | -£2,829,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,664,000 | -£5,156,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,677,000 | -£4,421,000 | |
| Cash | £33,000 | £34,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,333,000 | £1,923,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,242,000 | £2,174,000 | |
| Equity | £6,242,000 | £2,174,000 | |
| Average employees | 162 | 170 | |
| Wages | £8,711,000 | £10,945,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.3% | -3.9% | |
| Net margin | -4.7% | -6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.8% | -147.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | -1.09x | -1.25x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, including Smurfit Westrock Plc's current financial position and its willingness and availability to provide financial support to the Company as needed, the directors remain confident in the future prospects for the Company and its ability to continue as a going concern for the period of 12 months from the date of the approval of the balance sheet (being the period covered in the letter of support) and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On July 5, 2024, pursuant to the transaction agreement, dated as of September 12, 2023, among Smurfit WestRock plc (formerly Smurfit WestRock Limited and prior to that known as Cepheidway Limited, "Smurfit WestRock"), Smurfit Kappa Group plc, WestRock Company and Sun Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), (i) Smurfit WestRock acquired Smurfit Kappa Group plc by means of a scheme of arrangement under the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland, and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into WestRock Company, with WestRock Company continuing as the surviving entity (collectively, the "Combination"). Upon completion of the Combination, Smurfit Kappa Group plc and WestRock Company each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Smurfit WestRock.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHATUR, Mark | Director | 2025-03-28 | Mar 1983 | British |
| CULLEN, Emma | Director | 2025-03-28 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| HOWLETT, Robert | Director | 2025-07-28 | Sep 1974 | British |
| SHAW, Mark | Director | 2022-03-28 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COERS, Oscar Louis | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | 2012-09-10 |
| FLETCHER, Mark Shears | Secretary | — | 2004-09-30 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Secretary | 2017-02-09 | 2021-11-09 |
| WRIGHT, Keith Charles | Secretary | 2012-10-10 | 2017-02-09 |
| ABLE, Christina Marie | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2019-12-31 |
| BAZLEY, Jeremy | Director | 1999-08-09 | 2001-03-19 |
| BIEDENHARN, William | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2007-12-03 |
| BRUNO, Kirk David | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2002-03-26 |
| CHISHOLM, Andrew | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2018-10-31 |
| COERS, Oscar Louuis | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2013-01-31 |
| CROSS, Mark | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2011-01-31 |
| DE MUNK, Jan Willem | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2011-01-31 |
| DICKSON, Ward Hayes | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-06-07 |
| DRENNAN, Jonathan | Director | 2025-03-28 | 2026-04-18 |
| GATEHOUSE, Ian Robert | Director | — | 2001-01-01 |
| IACOBELLI, Olindo | Director | 1993-07-12 | 2004-12-01 |
| KWIATEK, Piotr Tadeusz | Director | 2005-07-18 | 2011-01-31 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2021-11-03 |
| MILLAR, Ian William | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1998-12-01 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-28 |
| NIEKAMP, Cynthia | Director | 1999-08-09 | 2002-03-26 |
| OLSSON, Anders Olof | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2025-03-28 |
| PEARCE, Patrick | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2022-03-29 |
| PROT, Marcel | Director | — | 1994-02-01 |
| REINHART, David Allan | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2005-07-18 |
| RIBOSA, Pedro | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-03-18 |
| RILEY, Clive | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2023-05-17 |
| STELLA, Craig Louis | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2005-07-18 |
| SUUR, Jan Paul | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| VOORHEES, Steven Chandler | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-06-07 |
| WILKINSON, Neil | Director | 2024-05-02 | 2025-03-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Matthew Paul | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2004-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, Keith Charles | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2017-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smurfit Westrock Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-07-05 | Active |
| Westrock Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-28 | Ceased 2024-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 252 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-09-30