MEDICA PACKAGING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-02-28 (in 9mo)

Last filed for 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-18 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£895K

-46.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£10M

+6.3% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

169

-0.6% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£788K

+12% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

MEDICA PACKAGING LIMITED 1993-06-22 → present
MEDITECH PACKAGING LIMITED 1993-05-19 → 1993-06-22
OFFSHELF 188 LTD. 1993-01-04 → 1993-05-19

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

MEDICA PACKAGING LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=259

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric	2021-05-31	2022-05-31	2023-05-31	2024-05-31	2025-05-31
Turnover	£16,778,000	—	—	£23,601,389	£23,130,862
Operating profit	£1,627,000	—	—	£998,451	£1,033,472
Profit before tax	£1,236,000	£2,474,791	£1,287,456	£702,926	£787,596
Net profit	£1,003,000	£2,009,590	£1,287,456	£287,036	£588,444
Cash	£2,111,000	£325,658	£416,975	£1,662,989	£894,734
Total assets less current liabilities	£8,322,000	£9,945,769	£10,870,636	£10,739,704	£10,908,200
Net assets	£5,689,000	£7,698,833	£8,986,289	£9,273,325	£9,861,769
Equity	£5,689,000	£7,698,833	£8,986,289	£9,273,325	£9,861,769
Average employees	150	149	159	170	169
Wages	£5,039,000	£4,717,153	£5,497,887	£5,947,767	£6,086,419

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	2021-05-31	2022-05-31	2023-05-31	2024-05-31	2025-05-31
Operating margin	9.7%	—	—	4.2%	4.5%
Net margin	6.0%	—	—	1.2%	2.5%
Return on capital employed	19.6%	—	—	9.3%	9.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	2.24x	2.43x
Interest cover	4.16x	—	—	3.38x	4.20x

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: DJH Audit 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“Geopolitical events have continued to have an ever increasing impact on the UK economy and have negatively impacted the outlook for the UK economy.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 32 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
STOKES, Mark	Secretary	2020-12-18	—	—
AGNEW, James Douglas	Director	2020-12-18	Jun 1974	British
BRADE, Jeremy James	Director	2020-12-18	Jan 1961	British
HARFORD, Gerard Patrick	Director	2016-06-01	Nov 1963	British
STOKES, Mark Bryan	Director	2019-02-01	Jan 1965	British

Show 32 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BENSON, Andrew James	Secretary	2005-12-22	2011-03-11
BRASSINGTON, Peter Charles	Secretary	1993-06-25	2002-02-12
HENSHALL, Kim Angela	Secretary	2002-02-12	2005-12-22
KUNZ, Colin	Secretary	2011-03-11	2014-05-23
VAN DE ROVAART, Eveline Maria	Secretary	2014-05-24	2014-10-31
BATH, John Roche	Director	2014-11-13	2016-06-30
BEARDMORE, John Wilson	Director	1993-06-25	2005-12-22
BENSON, Andrew James	Director	2005-12-22	2011-03-11
BENSON, John William	Director	2005-12-22	2011-12-19
BENSON, Nicholas John	Director	2005-12-22	2014-10-31
BOWLER, Edward John	Director	1994-05-01	2005-12-22
BRASSINGTON, Peter Charles	Director	1993-06-25	2005-12-22
CARO, Terence Everard	Director	1993-10-11	2003-06-20
DEVENPORT, David Andrew	Director	2011-12-19	2014-05-23
GREASLEY, Keith	Director	2014-11-11	2015-09-30
KERRIDGE, Mark Gavin	Director	2011-12-19	2014-10-31
MARTIN, John Dean	Director	2000-10-23	2002-06-30
MARTIN, John Dean	Director	1993-06-25	2000-07-05
RIPPER, Richard Antony	Director	2003-06-20	2005-12-22
SANDERS, Richard Barry	Director	2019-04-04	2020-12-18
SANDERS, Richard Barry	Director	2014-10-31	2014-12-18
TAMBERLIN, Layton Gwyn	Director	2019-04-04	2020-12-18
TAMBERLIN, Layton Gwyn	Director	2014-10-31	2014-12-18
TASHMA, Lauren	Director	2014-05-24	2014-10-31
TASHMA, Lauren	Director	2014-05-23	2014-10-30
VAN DE ROVAART, Eveline Maria	Director	2014-05-24	2014-10-30
VAN DE ROVAART, Eveline Maria	Director	2014-05-23	2014-10-31
VAN MOESEKE, Hilde Maria Willy	Director	2014-05-24	2014-10-30
VAN MOESEKE, Hilde Maria Willy	Director	2014-05-23	2014-10-31
WOOD, Stephen Gerrard	Director	1993-06-25	2005-12-22
YOST, Joseph Paul	Director	2014-05-24	2014-10-30
YOST, Joseph Paul	Director	2014-05-23	2014-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Appleseed Investmentss Llp	Corporate entity	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-04-05
Appleseed Bidco Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 212 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2022-03-18 MA Memorandum articles
2022-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-12-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-02-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-19	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-01-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-01-08	SH10	capital	Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2023-01-08	SH08	capital	Capital name of class of shares
2022-03-18	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2022-03-17	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2022-03-04	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-02-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-02-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31

Turnover

-2%

£23,601,389 £23,130,862
Cash

-46.2%

£1,662,989 £894,734
Net assets

+6.3%

£9,273,325 £9,861,769

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-0.6%

170 169
Operating profit

+3.5%

£998,451 £1,033,472
Profit before tax

+12%

£702,926 £787,596
Wages

+2.3%

£5,947,767 £6,086,419

highest in 5 filed years

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

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