A & B CONTAINERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-22.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+17.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
83
+7.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
-12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £17,494,048 | £17,637,982 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,931,016 | £3,466,192 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4,073,919 | £3,560,854 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,038,248 | £2,634,981 | |
| Cash | £2,162,096 | £2,921,322 | £8,029,224 | £6,254,495 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,542,453 | £5,052,093 | £14,387,765 | £16,727,052 | |
| Net assets | £3,448,281 | £4,953,076 | £13,880,543 | £16,365,524 | |
| Equity | £3,448,281 | £4,953,076 | £13,880,543 | £16,365,524 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 46 | 77 | 83 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,855,588 | £3,076,535 |
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 22.5% | 19.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 17.4% | 14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 27.3% | 20.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 14.2% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 6.86x | 5.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 280.41x | 680.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- EDWARDS VEEDER (UK) LIMITED
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the consolidated financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- A & B CONTAINERS LIMITED · parent
- Universal Pallet Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The impact of the economic crisis as a result of the war in the Ukraine on the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Carl | Secretary | 2024-04-16 | — | — |
| WILLIAMS, Brian Richard | Director | — | Jun 1958 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Carl | Director | 2024-04-29 | Apr 1980 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Raymond | Director | 2020-02-24 | Feb 1950 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Robert Francis | Director | 2024-04-29 | Sep 1989 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RALPH, Thomas | Secretary | — | 2024-04-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Raymond | Director | — | 2019-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-30 |
| Mr Brian Richard Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+0.8%
£17,494,048 £17,637,982
-
Cash
-22.1%
£8,029,224 £6,254,495
-
Net assets
+17.9%
£13,880,543 £16,365,524
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+7.8%
77 83
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-11.8%
£3,931,016 £3,466,192
-
Profit before tax
-12.6%
£4,073,919 £3,560,854
-
Wages
+7.7%
£2,855,588 £3,076,535
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers