PARANOVA PRINT AND PACKAGING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
Cash
£858K
-48.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£58M
-23.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,055
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
+27.2% 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 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-03-31
- PARANOVA PRINT AND PACKAGING LIMITED 2026-03-31 → present
- PARAGON PRINT AND PACKAGING LIMITED 2026-03-02 → 2026-03-31
- COVERIS FLEXIBLES UK LIMITED 2014-02-14 → 2026-03-02
- PARAGON LABELS LIMITED 1994-07-15 → 2014-02-14
- CHALLENGEMART LIMITED 1994-05-04 → 1994-07-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £187,131,000 | £190,990,000 | |
| Operating profit | £17,179,000 | £21,013,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,125,000 | £20,511,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,265,000 | £21,837,000 | |
| Cash | £1,670,000 | £858,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,857,000 | £77,148,000 | |
| Net assets | £76,229,000 | £58,497,000 | |
| Equity | £76,229,000 | £58,497,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,100 | 1,055 | |
| Wages | £38,729,000 | £41,842,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.9% | 27.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.9% | 51.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 6.70x | 6.51x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed liquidity resources and profitability as well as considering appropriate sensitivities of these measures, and it is the opinion of the Directors that the business will continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- PARANOVA PRINT AND PACKAGING LIMITED · parent
- Rivendell Europe Limited 100%
- Castle Hills Eaton Socon Management Company Limited 66.6%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY, Michael John | Director | 2026-04-07 | Jul 1988 | British |
| JOY, Andrew Ian | Director | 2019-03-04 | Dec 1967 | British |
| ORMROD, Joanne | Director | 2022-07-14 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTOCK, Karl | Secretary | 2007-10-18 | 2017-03-31 |
| BURGESS, Andrew Elliott | Secretary | 2003-04-03 | 2007-10-18 |
| HALL, Martin Francis | Secretary | 1994-05-31 | 1999-07-14 |
| LENNON, Anthony Charles | Secretary | 1999-07-14 | 2003-04-03 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-10-18 | 2012-12-31 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-05-04 | 1994-05-31 |
| BOSTOCK, Karl Robert | Director | 2007-10-18 | 2017-03-31 |
| BURGESS, Andrew Elliott | Director | 2003-04-03 | 2007-10-18 |
| COLLINS, Brian John | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-02-08 |
| COX, Terence Martin | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2007-10-18 |
| DIXON, Andrew Richard | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2007-10-18 |
| ELLEN, Stephen William | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2001-05-03 |
| HALL, Anthony John | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2001-11-01 |
| LAPPING, Mark Edward | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2017-05-31 |
| LENNON, Anthony Charles | Director | 1996-04-24 | 2014-10-07 |
| MATTHEWS, David Hugh | Director | 1994-05-31 | 1996-03-25 |
| NORTON, Trace Lee | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2019-04-25 |
| PALLAS, Jonathan | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-07-25 |
| PARTINGTON, Ian Richard Batt | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2017-06-30 |
| PATTERSON, Dennis | Director | 2000-06-20 | 2022-12-31 |
| REHWINKEL, Gary Edward | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2019-06-17 |
| VICKERY, Ian | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2026-03-02 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-05-04 | 1994-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helios Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-02 | Active |
| Coveris Flexibles Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+2.1%
£187,131,000 £190,990,000
-
Cash
-48.6%
£1,670,000 £858,000
-
Net assets
-23.3%
£76,229,000 £58,497,000
-
Employees
-4.1%
1,100 1,055
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Operating profit
+22.3%
£17,179,000 £21,013,000
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Profit before tax
+27.2%
£16,125,000 £20,511,000
-
Wages
+8%
£38,729,000 £41,842,000
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