BOBST MANCHESTER LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-24 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-13.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
132
-5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-45.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BOBST MANCHESTER LTD 2012-06-13 → present
- GENERAL VACUUM EQUIPMENT LIMITED 2004-02-23 → 2012-06-13
- VALMET GENERAL LIMITED 1999-11-04 → 2004-02-23
- GENERAL VACUUM EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1986-11-07 → 1999-11-04
- TRYSAFE LIMITED 1986-09-15 → 1986-11-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,220,000 | £55,244,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,851,000 | £3,250,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,851,000 | £3,210,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,477,000 | £3,058,000 | |
| Cash | £4,195,000 | £3,621,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,873,000 | £20,670,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,947,000 | £19,348,000 | |
| Equity | £18,947,000 | £19,348,000 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 132 | |
| Wages | £6,138,000 | £5,993,000 |
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 | 12.1% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.4% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.67x | |
| Interest cover | 1170.20x | 63.73x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors recommended and paid a dividend of 50p per share, amounting to £2,000,050 in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HULL, Jessica Laura | Secretary | 2024-05-24 | — | — |
| BERGER, Alain | Director | 2022-01-13 | Apr 1971 | Swiss |
| PULIGNY, Jennifer Laura | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1985 | Swiss |
| ROQUET, Emmanuel | Director | 2025-02-13 | Jul 1964 | French |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITOKALLIO, Sari | Secretary | 2000-02-03 | 2000-10-13 |
| DARLINGTON, Stephen Jeffrey | Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2005-06-30 |
| MCCOMB, Thomas Henry | Secretary | 2011-01-31 | 2024-05-24 |
| MOODY, Frederick Anthony | Secretary | — | 2000-02-03 |
| POPE, Adrian | Secretary | 2001-11-19 | 2004-01-30 |
| RYTKONEN, Pasi | Secretary | 2000-10-13 | 2001-11-19 |
| WALKER, Thomas Riddell | Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2011-01-31 |
| BOTHOREL, Erik Henri Eugene | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-01-11 |
| BUDRY, Christian | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2011-09-01 |
| CAREY, Stephen | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2004-01-30 |
| CURRAT, Claude | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2011-09-01 |
| DE KALBERMATTEN, Thierry | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2005-05-12 |
| GAVIN, Michael John | Director | — | 2000-02-03 |
| HELANDER, Mikko | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2003-07-31 |
| JOHNSON, Alan | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2001-05-31 |
| KARTTUNEN, Martti | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2004-01-30 |
| MOODY, Frederick Anthony | Director | — | 2000-02-03 |
| MÄRZ, Stephan Thomas | Director | 2019-01-11 | 2022-01-13 |
| ROGERS, Christopher Robin | Director | — | 2000-02-03 |
| SLATER, Peter George | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| SOUTHALL, John Lawrence | Director | — | 2000-02-03 |
| TISSI, Attilio | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2026-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobst Uk Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+14.6%
£48,220,000 £55,244,000
-
Cash
-13.7%
£4,195,000 £3,621,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£18,947,000 £19,348,000
-
Employees
-5.7%
140 132
-
Operating profit
-44.5%
£5,851,000 £3,250,000
-
Profit before tax
-45.1%
£5,851,000 £3,210,000
-
Wages
-2.4%
£6,138,000 £5,993,000
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