GPA GLOBAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
Cash
£746K
-51.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
-5.6% vs 2023
Employees
32
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-1,545.5% 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
- GPA GLOBAL UK LIMITED 2019-07-02 → present
- MW CREATIVE LIMITED 1998-01-07 → 2019-07-02
- TAAG LIMITED 1996-03-21 → 1998-01-07
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 | £34,953,168 | £21,854,697 | |
| Operating profit | £789,566 | -£9,684 | |
| Profit before tax | -£117,828 | -£1,938,835 | |
| Net profit | -£279,713 | -£1,776,950 | |
| Cash | £1,547,903 | £746,360 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,481,657 | £30,888,190 | |
| Net assets | £31,868,610 | £30,091,660 | |
| Equity | £31,868,610 | £30,091,660 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 32 | |
| Wages | £2,542,824 | £2,341,085 |
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 | 2.3% | -0.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.6% | 72.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | 0.26x | -0.00x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“GPA Group Holding have confirmed that they will continue to support the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements, including group entities not seeking the repayment of amounts advanced to the Company unless adequate alternative financing has been secured by the Company.”
Group structure
- GPA GLOBAL UK LIMITED · parent
- ASG Poland S.A. 100%
- AGI van de Steeg B.V. 100%
- GPA Global France SAS 100%
- Cosfibel SA 0.4779%
- Cosfibel Premium International SAS 99.97%
- Cosfibel HK Ltd 100%
- Cosfibel Premium France SAS 100%
- COSFIBEL UK Ltd 100%
- Cosfibel Premium Swiss SA 100%
- Cosfibel Inc 100%
- Cosfibel Mexico, SA de CV 99.99%
- Cosfibel China Ltd 100%
- Cosfibel Singapore Private Ltd 100%
- Cosfibel Japan KK 100%
- Grumbe SL 100%
- Cartec NV 100%
- MMB Verpakkingen BV 100%
- MMB Packaging Sarl 100%
- Shopluxe SAS 100%
- Bayer (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd 100%
- Laser SAS 51%
- Foli De Mexico S.A. De C.V. 0.99%
- Urmoe S.A. De C.V 0.99%
Significant events
- “After the year end, the Company disposed of the certain indirectly held subsidiaries, whilst others have been liquidated or gone into liquidation. There is also an ongoing regulatory review.”
- “Following the year end the company has been engaging with HMRC in respect of its voluntary Profit Diversion Compliance Facility (PDCF) disclosure program.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TATUM-HORSFIELD, Vicki Louise | Secretary | 2011-01-04 | — | — |
| DOWLER, Anthony Thomas | Director | 2001-10-31 | Dec 1971 | British |
| MELTON, Adam | Director | 2017-11-06 | Jun 1977 | American |
| WANG, Tom Tao | Director | 2017-11-06 | Aug 1974 | American |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAMMA, Richard | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 1999-06-18 |
| CLARKE, Barry | Secretary | 1999-06-18 | 2001-11-09 |
| DOWLER, Anne Elizabeth | Secretary | 1996-03-21 | 1997-12-01 |
| HURD, Nicholas | Secretary | 2006-11-23 | 2011-01-04 |
| SAGANOWSKI, Sandra Joy | Secretary | 2001-11-09 | 2006-11-23 |
| BARKER, David Colin | Director | 1997-12-01 | 1998-06-01 |
| BRAMMA, Richard | Director | 1997-12-01 | 1999-06-18 |
| DOWLER, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1996-03-21 | 2001-10-31 |
| DOWLER, Anthony Thomas | Director | 1996-03-21 | 1997-12-01 |
| DOWLER, Daisy Anabelle | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2017-11-06 |
| DOWLER, Glyn William | Director | 1996-03-28 | 2007-05-07 |
| DOWLER, Tracy Elizabeth | Director | 1996-03-21 | 1997-12-01 |
| FORDE, David Comerton | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2022-09-16 |
| GILL, James Andrew | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2005-07-29 |
| HALL, John Owen | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2003-04-30 |
| HO, Gerran Chun Yin | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2021-06-30 |
| HURD, Nicholas | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2017-11-06 |
| KONG, Pui Ying Angel | Director | 2022-09-16 | 2024-08-19 |
| LYNCH, Gerard Paul | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2016-01-31 |
| MOK, Kwan Ting Martin | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2020-12-16 |
| MURPHY, Marina June | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2014-03-31 |
| PRUCHNIEWICZ, Edward Ian | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| QADRI, Syed Ashfaq | Director | 2022-09-16 | 2024-08-19 |
| TATUM-HORSFIELD, Vicki Louise | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2017-11-06 |
| WARREN, Stephen John | Director | 2019-02-22 | 2022-09-16 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Stephen Michael | Director | 1999-06-18 | 2001-10-31 |
| WILSON, Toby James | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2017-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gpa Hong Kong Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-12-23 | Ceased 2025-04-07 |
| Mw Packaging Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-16 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-37.5%
£34,953,168 £21,854,697
-
Cash
-51.8%
£1,547,903 £746,360
-
Net assets
-5.6%
£31,868,610 £30,091,660
-
Employees
0%
32 32
-
Operating profit
-101.2%
£789,566 -£9,684
-
Profit before tax
-1,545.5%
-£117,828 -£1,938,835
-
Wages
-7.9%
£2,542,824 £2,341,085
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