SMURFIT WESTROCK PACKAGING MACHINERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£40M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£26M
Equity attributable
Employees
69
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£5M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-06-27
- SMURFIT WESTROCK PACKAGING MACHINERY LIMITED 2025-06-27 → present
- WESTROCK LINKX SYSTEMS LIMITED 2019-02-22 → 2025-06-27
- FIELD BOXMORE LIMITED 2003-11-26 → 2019-02-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,817,706 | £13,491,022 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,290,515 | -£5,742,280 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,794,215 | -£5,386,455 | |
| Net profit | -£2,942,785 | -£4,045,834 | |
| Cash | £512,955 | £40,291,419 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,420,746 | £26,359,891 | |
| Net assets | £30,288,562 | £26,242,728 | |
| Equity | £30,288,562 | £26,242,728 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 69 | |
| Wages | £3,383,095 | £3,578,764 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -48.3% | -42.6% | |
| Net margin | -43.2% | -30.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.8% | -21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | -6.53x | -7.92x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, including Smurfit Westrock Plc's current financial position and its willingness and availability to provide financial support to the Company as needed, the directors remain confident in the future prospects for the Company and its ability to continue as a going concern for the period of 12 months from the date of the approval of the balance sheet (being the period covered in the letter of support) and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SMURFIT WESTROCK PACKAGING MACHINERY LIMITED · parent
- Field Boxmore II Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On July 5, 2024, pursuant to the transaction agreement, dated as of September 12, 2023, among Smurfit WestRock plc (formerly Smurfit WestRock Limited and prior to that known as Cepheidway Limited, "Smurfit WestRock"), Smurfit Kappa Group plc, WestRock Company and Sun Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), (i) Smurfit WestRock acquired Smurfit Kappa Group plc by means of a scheme of arrangement under the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland, and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into WRKCo Inc, with WRKCo Inc continuing as the surviving entity (collectively, the "Combination").”
- “In December 2025 the Company has reduced it's share capital from £45,082,377 to £4,508.24 by cancelling and extinguishing £0.9999 on each ordinary share and crediting the amount to the profit and loss account. The share premium balance of £2,565,727 was also cancelled and credited to the profit and loss account as part of the transaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODOI, Joao Paulo Marcellino | Director | 2026-02-03 | Oct 1978 | Brazilian |
| HOWLETT, Robert | Director | 2025-03-27 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUDO, Machiko | Secretary | 2003-12-15 | 2008-03-18 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2008-03-18 | 2019-03-21 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 2003-12-01 | 2003-12-15 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-26 | 2003-12-01 |
| ABLE, Christina Marie | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2019-11-28 |
| BLOCK, Gary Stuart | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2026-02-03 |
| DARRINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2025-03-27 |
| DENINSON, Ian Harry | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2004-07-21 |
| FALLER, Guy Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2011-03-28 |
| GILCHRIST, Keith | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2005-12-22 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2021-11-03 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-27 |
| PIERCE, Stephen Keith | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-01-14 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2019-03-21 |
| REGNIERS, Yves | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2017-02-10 |
| RYLANCE, Neil | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2007-08-31 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2017-09-06 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-11-26 | 2003-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi Packaging Solutions Ni Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-05 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2023-09-30