RPC CONTAINERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
Cash
£20M
-40.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£254M
-15.7% vs 2023
Employees
995
-7.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£31M
-26.9% vs 2023
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 2 times since incorporation
- RPC CONTAINERS LIMITED 1993-04-06 → present
- RPC GROUP LIMITED 1993-03-25 → 1993-04-06
- HOLDCLEVER SERVICES LIMITED 1993-02-03 → 1993-03-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £195,200,000 | £168,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | £42,500,000 | £32,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £42,000,000 | £30,700,000 | |
| Net profit | £37,000,000 | £29,700,000 | |
| Cash | £34,000,000 | £20,200,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £331,200,000 | £516,300,000 | |
| Net assets | £301,000,000 | £253,600,000 | |
| Equity | £301,000,000 | £253,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,072 | 995 | |
| Wages | £48,800,000 | £48,300,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 19.0% | |
| Net margin | 19.0% | 17.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.7% | 54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 38.64x | 12.84x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate and there are no material uncertainties disclosed that 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.”
Group structure
- RPC CONTAINERS LIMITED · parent
- Massmould Limited 100%
- Maynard & Harris Plastics (UK) Limited 100%
- British Polythene Industries PLC 100%
- RPC Tedesco-Gizeh (UK) Limited 100%
- Superfos Tamworth Limited 100%
- Promens Packaging Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19 November 2024 Amcor plc ("Amcor") and Berry Global Group, Inc. ("Berry"), announced a definitive merger agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Damien John | Director | 2025-05-12 | Jun 1971 | British |
| MILES, Mark William | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jun 1971 | American |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVELEIGH, David Charles | Secretary | 1993-02-17 | 1993-03-10 |
| GILES, Nicholas David Martin | Secretary | 2016-03-31 | 2019-07-10 |
| GRAVES, Patrick Michael | Secretary | 1993-03-10 | 1993-03-31 |
| HAMILTON, Deborah | Secretary | 2019-07-10 | 2026-04-10 |
| JOYCE, Rebecca Katherine | Secretary | 2000-11-16 | 2016-03-31 |
| JOYCE, Rebecca Katherine | Secretary | 1993-06-22 | 1998-01-05 |
| STOWE, Amanda Barbara | Secretary | 1998-01-05 | 2000-11-16 |
| SWORN, Christopher Howard | Secretary | 1993-03-31 | 1993-06-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-02-03 | 1993-02-17 |
| BAKER, David James | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BAMBER, Reginald Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2000-02-04 |
| CLAYDON, Katharine Sarah | Director | 1993-03-17 | 1993-03-10 |
| EMMERSON, William Carmichael | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1998-01-26 |
| EVELEIGH, David Charles | Director | 1993-02-17 | 1993-03-10 |
| GILES, Nicholas David Martin | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2019-07-10 |
| GRAVES, Patrick Michael | Director | 1993-03-10 | 1993-03-31 |
| GREENE, Jason Kent | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2025-05-12 |
| HILTON, Philip, Dr | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2010-07-31 |
| HOLE, Peter James Hayward | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2009-07-31 |
| KESTERTON, Simon John | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| MARSH, Ronald John Edward | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2013-07-10 |
| MCPHERSON, Stuart Alexander | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1995-07-04 |
| MENGHINI, Attilia | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| PETERS, Raymond Albert | Director | 1994-09-08 | 1997-03-31 |
| ROWLEY, Roy Michael | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1994-09-30 |
| SHERBURN, Ian | Director | 1993-03-10 | 1993-03-31 |
| STEPHENS, Nigel John | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2018-07-25 |
| STONE, Murray | Director | 1994-09-08 | 2014-04-30 |
| SWORN, Christopher Howard | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2009-12-31 |
| VERVAAT, Petrus Rudolf Maria | Director | 2007-11-23 | 2018-03-16 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-02-03 | 1993-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rpc Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-23 | Active |
| Rigid Plastic Containers Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-13.5%
£195,200,000 £168,800,000
-
Cash
-40.6%
£34,000,000 £20,200,000
-
Net assets
-15.7%
£301,000,000 £253,600,000
-
Employees
-7.2%
1,072 995
-
Operating profit
-24.5%
£42,500,000 £32,100,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.9%
£42,000,000 £30,700,000
-
Wages
-1%
£48,800,000 £48,300,000
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