MULTI-COLOR CWMBRAN UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
Cash
£3K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-24.7% vs 2023
Employees
199
-12.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-273.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a consequence of this announcement, the Directors have prepared these financial statements on a basis other than going concern.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- MULTI-COLOR CWMBRAN UK LIMITED 2018-03-22 → present
- SPEAR EUROPE LIMITED 2007-07-03 → 2018-03-22
- ILLOSPEAR LIMITED 2006-06-27 → 2007-07-03
- SPEAR EUROPE LIMITED 1999-09-15 → 2006-06-27
- GLOBAL LABELS LIMITED 1999-02-09 → 1999-09-15
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 | £51,519,591 | £43,568,828 | |
| Operating profit | -£775,832 | -£5,011,269 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,530,860 | -£5,713,419 | |
| Net profit | -£1,223,128 | -£4,888,176 | |
| Cash | £2,601 | £2,601 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,006,761 | £18,617,372 | |
| Net assets | £19,828,363 | £14,940,187 | |
| Equity | £19,828,363 | £14,940,187 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 199 | |
| Wages | £9,244,105 | £8,475,208 |
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 | -1.5% | -11.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.5% | -26.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | -1.00x | -7.14x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a consequence of this announcement, the Directors have prepared these financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “Following the end of the year, on 30 January 2025, a proposal was announced to the workforce for the transfer of work to other group locations within the network, and subsequent proposed closure of the Cwmbran site. After a period of collective consultation, it was announced on 6 March 2025 that the Cwmbran site will close in the second half of 2025, with production expected to have ceased by the end of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKILES, Matthew | Secretary | 2019-11-29 | — | — |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-10-07 | — | — |
| GUNDERSEN, Dag | Director | 2025-08-12 | Jul 1963 | Norwegian |
| SKILES, Matthew Keith | Director | 2020-02-07 | Jul 1980 | American |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, David John | Secretary | 2006-08-09 | 2011-02-03 |
| EDWARDS, Frank | Secretary | 1999-02-09 | 1999-10-22 |
| HENRY, Michael Julian | Secretary | 1999-10-22 | 2005-10-24 |
| HILL, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2012-03-09 | 2019-11-29 |
| HILL, Mike | Secretary | 2005-10-24 | 2005-10-24 |
| VENNER, Andrew James | Secretary | 2010-09-29 | 2012-03-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-09 | 1999-02-09 |
| BIRKETT, Sharon Eileen | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2022-04-05 |
| DAVIES, David John | Director | 1999-02-09 | 2011-02-03 |
| FETCH, Mary Theresa | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2020-02-07 |
| HENRY, Michael Julian | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2019-11-29 |
| HENRY, Michael Julian | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2005-10-24 |
| KRAJCIR, Benjamin | Director | 2024-04-09 | 2025-08-12 |
| MAHAJAN BHATI, Tanu | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2024-04-09 |
| MULVENNY, Alex David | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2022-07-29 |
| PIERRARD, Denis | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2007-03-22 |
| SPEAR, Randal Fleet | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2017-10-31 |
| SPEAR, Richard | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2017-10-31 |
| SPEAR, Richard | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2005-10-24 |
| VONDERHAAR, Ronald Andrew | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-07-02 |
| WATKINS, Colin | Director | 1999-05-24 | 1999-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Color Uk Holdings 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
-15.4%
£51,519,591 £43,568,828
-
Cash
0%
£2,601 £2,601
-
Net assets
-24.7%
£19,828,363 £14,940,187
-
Employees
-12.3%
227 199
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Operating profit
-545.9%
-£775,832 -£5,011,269
-
Profit before tax
-273.2%
-£1,530,860 -£5,713,419
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Wages
-8.3%
£9,244,105 £8,475,208
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