GCM PRINT & PACKAGING SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£975K
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£19K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GCM PRINT & PACKAGING SERVICE LIMITED 1998-05-06 → present
- BOXMORE HEALTHCARE PACKAGING (GB) LIMITED 1995-12-29 → 1998-05-06
- WOWTRADE LIMITED 1995-10-16 → 1995-12-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £13,011 | -£19,273 | |
| Net profit | £51,221 | £52,158 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,027,500 | -£975,342 | |
| Equity | -£1,027,500 | -£975,342 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 138.4% | 134.6% |
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
“Having considered the above, including Smurfit Westrock Plc's current financial position and its willingness and availability to provide financial support to the Company as needed, the directors remain confident in the future prospects for the Company and its ability to continue as a going concern for the period of 12 months from the date of the approval of the balance sheet (being the period covered in the letter of support) and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On July 5, 2024, pursuant to the transaction agreement, dated as of September 12, 2023, among Smurfit WestRock plc (formerly Smurfit WestRock Limited and prior to that known as Cepheidway Limited, "Smurfit WestRock"), Smurfit Kappa Group plc, WestRock Company and Sun Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), (i) Smurfit WestRock acquired Smurfit Kappa Group plc by means of a scheme of arrangement under the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland, and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into WestRock Company, with WestRock Company continuing as the surviving entity (collectively, the "Combination").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEN, Emma | Director | 2025-03-28 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| HOWLETT, Robert | Director | 2025-03-28 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOURNER, Roger Alan John | Secretary | 1995-12-28 | 1997-02-12 |
| DRINKALL, Philip Sebastian | Secretary | 1995-12-22 | 1995-12-28 |
| KUDO, Machiko | Secretary | 2004-11-11 | 2008-03-18 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2008-03-18 | 2019-11-28 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 2002-04-15 | 2004-11-11 |
| WARBURTON, Peter James | Secretary | 1997-02-12 | 2002-04-15 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-16 | 1995-12-22 |
| CAMPBELL, Robert Alistair Stuart | Director | 1996-01-10 | 1997-03-31 |
| DARRINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2021-05-26 |
| DRINKALL, Philip Sebastian | Director | 1995-12-22 | 1995-12-28 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen John | Director | 1996-01-10 | 2000-09-30 |
| ENNIS, Harold Mark | Director | 1995-12-28 | 2000-09-30 |
| EVANS, David Stanley | Director | 1995-12-28 | 1997-03-21 |
| FALLER, Guy Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2011-03-28 |
| GILCHRIST, Keith | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2005-12-22 |
| KAY, Martin | Director | 1995-12-22 | 1995-12-28 |
| LUCERO, Justin Michael | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2025-03-28 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2021-11-03 |
| MOORE, Samuel Grindle | Director | 1995-12-28 | 1997-10-31 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-28 |
| PIERCE, Stephen Keith | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-01-14 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2019-11-28 |
| REGNIERS, Yves | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2017-02-10 |
| RYLANCE, Neil | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2007-08-31 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2001-12-31 | 2007-08-31 |
| SHARKEY II, David Hickey | Director | 2021-05-26 | 2022-03-23 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2017-09-06 |
| WARD, Andrew John | Director | 1995-12-28 | 2000-10-31 |
| WHEELER, Benjamin | Director | 1997-02-12 | 1998-04-24 |
| WILKINSON, Neil | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2021-05-26 |
| NOROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-16 | 1995-12-22 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-16 | 1995-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi Packaging Solutions Ni Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-09-30