BETTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6K
-14.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
-34.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£12M
-150,500% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BETTS LIMITED 1998-11-25 → present
- FCB 1305 LIMITED 1998-06-25 → 1998-11-25
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£4,000 | -£10,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,000 | -£12,048,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,000 | -£11,641,000 | |
| Cash | £7,000 | £6,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,429,000 | £21,788,000 | |
| Net assets | £33,429,000 | £21,788,000 | |
| Equity | £33,429,000 | £21,788,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.3% | 54.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.20x | 0.20x | |
| Interest cover | -1.00x | -2.00x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the Board believes that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and pay its debts as and when they fall due. Based upon this assessment the directors have approved these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BETTS LIMITED · parent
- Boddington IP Limited 100%
- Betts International Limited 100%
- Albea UK Limited 100%
- Betts India Private Limited 97.62%
- PT Betts Indonesia 100%
- Albéa Servicios De México SA de CV 99.99%
- Albéa Packaging De México SA de CV 99.99%
- Betts USA Holdings Inc 100%
- Betts USA, Inc 100%
- Abdos Lamitubes Private Limited 60.03%
- Abdos Lamitubes Nigeria Limited 60.03%
- Abdos Lamitubes Holding FZCO Limited 60.03%
- Abdos Lamitubes Manufacturing LLC 40.02%
Significant events
- “The company holds a direct investment in Albea UK Limited. A review of the Colchester manufacturing facility's viability was completed in November 2024 following the loss of a major customer, which adversely affected the production level at the facility. This review formally concluded in January 2025 that a phased closure will result in the end of its operations in December 2025 and the final exit of the building by the end of December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE SAINT-AUBIN, Barbara Charlotte Jeanette | Director | 2024-06-10 | Oct 1976 | French |
| EATON, Derek James | Director | 2009-11-04 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, David Neville Siegfried | Secretary | 1998-11-26 | 2006-05-04 |
| FENN, Claire | Secretary | 2007-09-26 | 2008-08-15 |
| SPEARS, Andrea Mary | Secretary | 2008-10-30 | 2013-07-31 |
| STURGEON, Paul Stuart | Secretary | 2006-05-04 | 2007-09-26 |
| LEGIST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-25 | 1998-11-26 |
| ASHBY, Peter John | Director | 2006-03-09 | 2007-10-04 |
| BACKHOUSE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2003-04-16 |
| BOCCON-GIBOD, Bertrand Thomas David | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2024-06-10 |
| BOURNE, Sarah | Director | 2007-10-04 | 2008-12-17 |
| CHAPMAN, Keith Anthony | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2012-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Guy | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2007-03-06 |
| EELES, Julie Anne | Director | 2004-08-16 | 2006-05-09 |
| HENFREY, Neil Francis, Dr | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2010-07-30 |
| LEVERTON, Roger Frank | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2005-12-23 |
| MINES, Paul Robert | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2006-03-09 |
| ROBERTS, Fraser | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2007-10-04 |
| ROUCAYROL, Charles-Antoine Jean Marie | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2022-07-12 |
| STURGEON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2006-11-13 | 2008-09-08 |
| STURGEON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2003-04-16 | 2004-08-16 |
| YATZIMIRSKY, Nicolas | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-05-01 |
| LEGIST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-25 | 1998-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twist Beauty Packaging Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-08 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-14.3%
£7,000 £6,000
-
Net assets
-34.8%
£33,429,000 £21,788,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-150%
-£4,000 -£10,000
-
Profit before tax
-150,500%
-£8,000 -£12,048,000
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