THE CARDBOARD BOX COMPANY LIMITED

1. THE CARDBOARD BOX COMPANY LIMITED 2002-07-01 → present
2. FUTUREMAX MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2000-06-12 → 2002-07-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of this report and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Pricing and inflationary pressures have continued to impact turnover and overheads during the year, resulting in an overall reduction in operating profit. The company's reputation for providing an excellent service and the supply of high quality products has helped it to retain existing customers, maintain sales volumes and improve gross margin.”
• “The company continues to invest in research and development activities as part of its commitment to innovation and continuous improvement. During the year the company undertook qualifying R&D projects aimed at resolving specific technical uncertainties. As a result, the company has made a claim under the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme. The financial benefit recognised in the year amounted to £60,000 (2023: £Nil).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -6.6%

  £27,149,114 → £25,347,200

• Cash

  -48.3%

  £349,844 → £181,037

• Net assets

  -17.4%

  £10,729,296 → £8,862,412

• Employees

  -1.4%

  145 → 143

• Operating profit

  -47.8%

  £909,348 → £474,318

• Profit before tax

  -48.6%

  £922,076 → £473,846

• Wages

  +0.2%

  £5,345,540 → £5,358,114

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