GRAFHAM HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£952K
+27.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+0.6% vs 2023
Employees
171
+44.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-0.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GRAFHAM HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-08-23 → present
- PRAISESWEET LIMITED 2001-06-26 → 2001-08-23
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 | £27,052,448 | £33,297,867 | |
| Operating profit | £2,051,598 | £2,114,410 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,821,348 | £1,817,674 | |
| Net profit | £1,337,859 | £1,283,296 | |
| Cash | £744,246 | £952,245 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,150,936 | £7,392,435 | |
| Net assets | £6,039,799 | £6,073,095 | |
| Equity | £6,039,799 | £6,073,095 | |
| Average employees | 118 | 171 | |
| Wages | £3,869,035 | £5,342,366 |
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 | 7.6% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.7% | 28.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 8.90x | 7.12x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the year end the directors consider the Group's financial position to be financially sound with enough financial resources available through debt, invoice discounting facilities and internal cash generation to operate for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GRAFHAM HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Hovat Limited 100%
- Paper Straws London (PSL) Limited 100%
- P H Labels Limited 100%
- Advance Bunzl Limited 100%
- Retail Packaging Solutions Limited 100%
- Delta Pack Limited 85%
- MJ Supply Limited 50%
Significant events
- “The year was significantly influenced by the acquisition of the business and assets of Triflex Productions Limited (in administration) on the 11th March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEAMON, Kevin John | Secretary | 2001-07-16 | — | British |
| BEAMON, Kevin John | Director | 2001-07-16 | Sep 1958 | English |
| GABELL, Stephen Richard | Director | 2025-04-29 | May 1979 | English |
| HABERGHAM, William David Robert | Director | 2001-07-16 | Aug 1959 | English |
| SAUNDERS, Perry Kenneth | Director | 2023-03-01 | Feb 1960 | English |
| STAPLES, David | Director | 2025-08-26 | Aug 1953 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-06-26 | 2001-07-16 |
| FARRELL, Eamon | Director | 2025-08-07 | 2026-03-03 |
| FARRELL, Eamon | Director | 2023-06-16 | 2024-12-16 |
| FLOOD, Fintan | Director | 2023-06-16 | 2024-12-16 |
| O'BRIEN, Barry | Director | 2025-08-07 | 2026-03-06 |
| O'BRIEN, Barry | Director | 2023-06-16 | 2024-12-16 |
| STAPLES, David | Director | 2023-06-16 | 2024-12-16 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-06-26 | 2001-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrugated Packaging Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-06-16 | Active |
| Mr William David Robert Habergham | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-16 |
| Mr Kevin John Beamon | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+23.1%
£27,052,448 £33,297,867
-
Cash
+27.9%
£744,246 £952,245
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£6,039,799 £6,073,095
-
Employees
+44.9%
118 171
-
Operating profit
+3.1%
£2,051,598 £2,114,410
-
Profit before tax
-0.2%
£1,821,348 £1,817,674
-
Wages
+38.1%
£3,869,035 £5,342,366
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