FLINT CPS INKS UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-7.5% vs 2023
Employees
19
-48.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£626K
-149% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- FLINT CPS INKS UK LTD 2017-11-07 → present
- FLINT GROUP UK LTD 2006-02-15 → 2017-11-07
- XSYS PRINT SOLUTIONS UK LTD 2005-06-10 → 2006-02-15
- BASF PRINTING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1996-12-10 → 2005-06-10
- HAMSARD ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY-THREE LIMITED 1996-09-30 → 1996-12-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,267,000 | £12,771,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,048,000 | -£1,217,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,278,000 | -£626,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,508,000 | -£853,000 | |
| Cash | £5,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,380,000 | £10,527,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,380,000 | £10,527,000 | |
| Equity | £11,380,000 | £10,527,000 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 19 | |
| Wages | £3,743,000 | £1,466,000 |
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 | 6.4% | -9.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | -6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | -11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.1% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.74x | 3.90x | |
| Interest cover | 95.27x | -243.40x |
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
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have at the time of approving these financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROUGHTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-07-26 | — | — |
| KLOKKERS, Heiner | Director | 2024-08-31 | Oct 1970 | German |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTLEY, Andrew | Secretary | 1996-11-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| HOLT, Adrian James | Secretary | 2003-05-12 | 2004-11-30 |
| SIMS, Adam Duncan | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2003-05-12 |
| STRIERATH, Georg Heinrich Johannes | Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2017-04-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Jayne Evelyn | Secretary | 2017-04-12 | 2021-07-26 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-09-30 | 1996-11-01 |
| ALDRED, Douglas John Thomas | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2017-11-30 |
| ASPELIN, Johan Marcus Mikael | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2006-03-31 |
| BERENZWEIG, Jeremy Theodore | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2026-01-31 |
| BLUMSCHIEN, Hans Wolfgang | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2013-06-21 |
| CONNELL, John Gregory | Director | 2009-04-07 | 2011-02-15 |
| DRYDEN, Stephen | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| EMMERSON, Geoffrey | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1997-04-23 |
| ESSER, Michael | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2001-07-01 |
| FOXLEY, Russell Barry James | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2009-04-15 |
| GODFREY, Stephen Richard | Director | 2011-02-15 | 2013-12-20 |
| JENSEN, Torben Berlin | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| KINKEAD, Robert Bell | Director | 1999-12-31 | 2002-04-30 |
| LILLESUND, Arvid Gustav | Director | 1997-04-23 | 1997-06-30 |
| LORD, Anthony James | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2024-12-31 |
| MUENSTERMANN, Fried Walter Clemens Rolf | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2004-01-01 |
| RANDLE, John Edward | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| ROEDDER, Heinz Helmut, Dr | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| SAUER, Martin | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2019-07-09 |
| SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2017-04-12 |
| STEINMETZ, Jurgen | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2003-12-31 |
| STICKINGS, Barry John | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2001-07-01 |
| STRIERATH, Georg Heinrich Johannes | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2019-07-09 |
| STUMPP, Michael, Dr | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| WOLLENWEBER, Dirk | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2008-04-30 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-09-30 | 1996-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Ink (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-01 | Active |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-02 | EW05 | capital | Withdrawal of the members register information from the public register |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
-21.5%
£16,267,000 £12,771,000
-
Cash
-100%
£5,000 £0
-
Net assets
-7.5%
£11,380,000 £10,527,000
-
Employees
-48.6%
37 19
-
Operating profit
-216.1%
£1,048,000 -£1,217,000
-
Profit before tax
-149%
£1,278,000 -£626,000
-
Wages
-60.8%
£3,743,000 £1,466,000
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