GREIF UK PLASTICS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
Equity attributable
Employees
79
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2024-10-31
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-23
- GREIF UK PLASTICS LTD 2024-10-23 → present
- IPACKCHEM LIMITED 2014-03-11 → 2024-10-23
- CHESAPEAKE PLASTICS LIMITED 2007-05-23 → 2014-03-11
- BOXMORE PACKAGING LIMITED 1994-08-01 → 2007-05-23
- AIROPAK LIMITED 1991-05-17 → 1994-08-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,292,315 | £23,964,361 | |
| Operating profit | £3,241,730 | £2,277,285 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,239,485 | £2,288,785 | |
| Net profit | £2,543,587 | £1,712,662 | |
| Cash | £1,071,678 | £1,209,125 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,462,343 | £9,133,759 | |
| Net assets | £7,142,549 | £8,855,211 | |
| Equity | £7,142,549 | £8,855,211 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 79 | |
| Wages | £2,765,353 | £3,676,634 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.4% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 1443.98x | 924.97x |
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
“The directors are satisfied, based on current projections, that the Company has the ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period to 31 July 2026 (the "Going concern period") and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Following its acquisition by Grief Inc. in March 2024, the company changed its name, from Ipackchem Ltd to Greif UK Plastics Ltd, effective 22 October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Simon Thomas | Director | 2023-06-23 | Dec 1965 | British |
| SEGEV, Tal | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1972 | Polish |
| GREIF FRANCE JPACK SAS | Corporate Director | 2017-05-15 | — | — |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Angela Marie | Secretary | 1996-05-16 | 2000-04-05 |
| GRAHAM, Robert Clifford | Secretary | — | 1996-02-22 |
| GREER, Andrew Benjamin | Secretary | 2000-04-05 | 2000-05-15 |
| HILL, William Stanley | Secretary | 1991-05-17 | 1991-05-20 |
| KUDO, Machiko | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2008-03-18 |
| MORGAN, Anthony | Secretary | 2000-05-15 | 2004-07-22 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2008-03-18 | 2013-10-01 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 2004-07-22 | 2004-11-11 |
| BAMFORTH, John Richard, Dr | Director | 1991-05-20 | 1992-12-31 |
| BLACK, Angela Marie | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2000-04-05 |
| CAMPBELL, Robert Alistair Stuart | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1997-03-31 |
| DOBBIN, Timothy David | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2000-09-30 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen John | Director | 1996-02-22 | 2000-09-30 |
| ENNIS, Harold Mark | Director | 1996-02-22 | 2002-04-15 |
| ENNIS, Harold Alexander, Dr | Director | — | 1996-02-22 |
| FALLER, Guy Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2011-03-28 |
| GILCHRIST, Keith | Director | 2004-07-22 | 2005-12-22 |
| GRAHAM, Robert Clifford | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2002-03-31 |
| GRAHAM, Robert Clifford | Director | — | 1996-02-22 |
| GRIMES, David | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2004-07-07 |
| HILL, William Stanley | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-05-20 |
| HORTON-SMITH, Robert Graham | Director | 1995-03-13 | 2000-12-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Michael Cameron | Director | 1991-05-17 | 1991-05-20 |
| LEWIS, Brian James | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| MARTY, Philippe Jacques | Director | 2024-04-04 | 2025-01-01 |
| MCCANN, Stephen | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2001-12-31 |
| MCDONNELL, Bernard Neillus | Director | 1998-02-03 | 2001-02-23 |
| MOORE, Samuel Grindle | Director | 1994-03-11 | 1998-02-03 |
| MORGAN, Anthony | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2005-10-14 |
| MORVAN, Jean Philippe | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2024-03-26 |
| O'CONNELL, Martin Hartley | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2004-03-31 |
| PIERCE, Stephen Keith | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-01-14 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2013-10-01 |
| REGNIERS, Yves | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2013-10-01 |
| RYLANCE, Neil | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2007-08-31 |
| SCHNELLER, Manfred | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2023-06-23 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2007-08-31 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2013-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Peter David | Director | 2013-08-27 | 2014-03-07 |
| TRAUB, Cassidy Jahn | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2014-01-22 |
| ZADOURIAN, Keith Erik | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2014-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greif, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-12-21 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-28 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-06-30