EUROPLAST (BLACKBURN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+10% vs 2024
Employees
69
-2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-28.8% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-30 | 2020-03-30 | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-30 | 2023-03-30 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £10,825,559 | £10,792,043 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,533,970 | £1,083,949 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,516,716 | £1,080,528 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,131,272 | £801,129 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £4,427,642 | £4,578,186 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £8,269,356 | £9,088,454 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £8,020,837 | £8,821,966 | |
| Equity | £5,894,304 | £6,342,938 | — | — | — | £8,020,837 | £8,821,966 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 69 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,507,734 | £1,705,126 |
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 | 2019-03-30 | 2020-03-30 | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-30 | 2023-03-30 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 10.5% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 18.6% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.02x | 4.62x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 78.24x | 316.85x |
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
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is not aware of any material uncertainties affecting the company and considers that the company will have sufficient resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. As a result the director has continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company returned an excellent pre-tax profit in the year of £1,080,528.”
- “The company has reduced turnover when compared with 2024 with a lower gross margin of 51.67%.”
- “As at the year end the company had shareholder's funds of £8,821,966 (2024 - £8,020,837).”
- “A fundamental risk to the business comes from the quality of raw material used in production along with ensuring the correct quality of product is manufactured using this raw material.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISSA, Zakir Vali | Secretary | 2009-11-05 | — | British |
| ISSA, Anas | Director | 2025-11-06 | Nov 1997 | British |
| ISSA, Zaeem | Director | 2025-11-06 | Mar 1994 | British |
| ISSA, Zakir Vali | Director | — | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1993-03-11 | 1993-03-12 |
| ISSA, Mohsin | Secretary | — | 2009-11-05 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1993-03-11 | 1993-03-12 |
| ISSA, Mohsin | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-06-08 |
| ISSA, Mohsin | Director | 1993-03-12 | 2009-11-05 |
| ISSA, Zuber Vali | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Zakir Vali Issa | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-19 | 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
- 2
- 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 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
-0.3%
£10,825,559 £10,792,043
-
Cash
+3.4%
£4,427,642 £4,578,186
-
Net assets
+10%
£8,020,837 £8,821,966
-
Employees
-2.8%
71 69
-
Operating profit
-29.3%
£1,533,970 £1,083,949
-
Profit before tax
-28.8%
£1,516,716 £1,080,528
-
Wages
+13.1%
£1,507,734 £1,705,126
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