SONOCO CORES AND PAPER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
Cash
£22K
-8.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£54M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
194
-8.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-79.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £47,720,000 | £41,239,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,967,000 | £1,232,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,967,000 | £1,232,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,618,000 | £804,000 | |
| Cash | £24,000 | £22,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,132,000 | £56,541,000 | |
| Net assets | £52,778,000 | £53,582,000 | |
| Equity | £52,778,000 | £53,582,000 | |
| Average employees | 213 | 194 | |
| Wages | £9,546,000 | £7,862,000 |
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 | 12.5% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.03x | 2.93x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- SONOCO CORES AND PAPER LIMITED · parent
- Laminar Medica Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2024, the Group announced the closure of its Lurgan facility in Northern Ireland as part of a strategic initiative to optimise its operational footprint and reduce fixed cost overheads. The operational activities of the Lurgan site were successfully transitioned to the Group's Jarrow facility. The closure was completed in December 2024.”
- “As of the 8th September 2025, Sonoco has announced its intention to sell the Laminar Medica Ltd entity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAGGOTT, Samuel Tyler | Secretary | 2024-09-01 | — | — |
| PATEL, Muhammad Sadiq | Director | 2024-08-30 | Nov 1986 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Stacy Ann | Director | 2019-04-01 | Feb 1984 | British |
| WOOD, Adam, Company Director | Director | 2014-04-07 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, David Allan | Secretary | 2004-05-24 | 2017-01-19 |
| PATEL, Muhammad Sadiq | Secretary | 2020-11-23 | 2024-08-31 |
| REES-OWST, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-01-19 | 2020-11-23 |
| COBBETTS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-05-20 | 2004-05-24 |
| ARTHUR, Vicki Brock | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2019-03-12 |
| BECK, Clayton | Director | 2011-06-02 | 2023-06-30 |
| CLAYTON, Angela | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2019-03-31 |
| COLLINS, David Allan | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2017-01-19 |
| COOPER, Alan Richard | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2014-04-16 |
| HUPFER, Charles John | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2011-06-02 |
| KIRIAKOPOULOS, Kostantinos Jim | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2013-10-31 |
| MAHY, Luc | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2015-03-31 |
| MUTSAERS, Antonius Johannes Maria | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2021-08-25 |
| REES-OWST, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2024-08-29 |
| WOOD, Adam | Director | 2011-06-03 | 2014-08-01 |
| WOOLLEY, Philip James | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2026-02-12 |
| COBBETTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-05-20 | 2004-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Stacy Ann Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-01 | Active |
| Mrs Helen Elizabeth Rees-Owst | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-20 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Clayton Beck | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-20 | Ceased 2023-06-30 |
| Mrs Angela Clayton | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-20 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-13.6%
£47,720,000 £41,239,000
-
Cash
-8.3%
£24,000 £22,000
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£52,778,000 £53,582,000
-
Employees
-8.9%
213 194
-
Operating profit
-79.4%
£5,967,000 £1,232,000
-
Profit before tax
-79.4%
£5,967,000 £1,232,000
-
Wages
-17.6%
£9,546,000 £7,862,000
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