SPEAR GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£113M
-11.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
-0.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPEAR GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 1999-09-17 → present
- WINTERCROWN LIMITED 1999-07-30 → 1999-09-17
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 | -£40,030 | -£40,030 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,832,468 | £4,824,314 | |
| Net profit | £3,680,504 | £3,639,733 | |
| Cash | £8,895 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £127,939,214 | £113,046,701 | |
| Equity | £127,939,214 | £113,046,701 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 10.70x | 9.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | -4.91x |
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
- Affirmed
“The Company has net assets at the year end of $152,500,000 (2023: $172,590,000). The Company meets its day to day working capital requirements through existing cash reserves and access to the cash pooling facility. LABL Inc., the ultimate parent, has confirmed it will provide financial support to the Company for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPEAR GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- MCC Label Durban South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- TP Kenya Limited 100%
- MCC Label Paarl South Africa Ltd 100%
- MCC Label Johannesburg South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Multi-Color Corporation Tanzania Limited 100%
- Lidonga Group Holding Company Holdings 3 (Pty) Ltd 0%
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, Matt | 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 | 1999-09-15 | 1999-10-22 |
| HENRY, Michael Julian | Secretary | 1999-10-22 | 2019-11-29 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-30 | 1999-09-15 |
| BIRKETT, Sharon Eileen | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2022-04-05 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1999-07-30 | 1999-09-14 |
| DAVIES, David John | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2011-02-03 |
| DERRY EVANS, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2013-05-07 |
| DERRY EVANS, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2006-10-03 | 2009-07-31 |
| FETCH, Mary Theresa | Director | 2019-07-02 | 2020-02-07 |
| HENRY, Michael Julian | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2019-11-29 |
| KRAJCIR, Benjamin | Director | 2024-04-12 | 2025-08-12 |
| MAHAJAN BHATI, Tanu | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2024-04-12 |
| MULVENNY, Alex David | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2022-07-29 |
| PHILIPSON, Anthony Roy | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2004-05-21 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1999-07-30 | 1999-09-14 |
| SPEAR, Randal Fleet | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2017-10-31 |
| SPEAR, Richard | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2017-10-31 |
| TURNER, Matthew Charles | Director | 1999-09-14 | 2004-02-10 |
| VONDERHAAR, Ronald Andrew | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-07-02 |
| WHILEY, Gareth Ridgwell | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2004-05-21 |
| WILLIS DAVIS, Travis | Director | 2006-10-03 | 2013-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Color Uk Holdings 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-30 | Active |
| Sgh (No2) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-09-19 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-11 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£8,895 £0
-
Net assets
-11.6%
£127,939,214 £113,046,701
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
0%
-£40,030 -£40,030
-
Profit before tax
-0.2%
£4,832,468 £4,824,314
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