BP MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-06 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-22
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
Equity attributable
Employees
16
Average over period
Profit before tax
£47K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
In April 2025 it was decided by management that the Company would cease trading and move some operations to a related company Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited. Therefore it was no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2024 and subsequent years under the going concern basis and they were instead prepared under basis other than going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BP MEDIA LIMITED 2006-08-31 → present
- STEVTON (NO.359) LIMITED 2006-06-22 → 2006-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,433,440 | £7,797,970 | |
| Operating profit | £153,330 | -£509,147 | |
| Profit before tax | £380,726 | £46,542 | |
| Net profit | £295,988 | £29,719 | |
| Cash | £8,443,066 | £10,264,134 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,194,003 | £11,210,545 | |
| Net assets | £11,180,826 | £11,210,545 | |
| Equity | £11,180,826 | £11,210,545 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 16 | |
| Wages | £1,559,325 | £1,364,349 |
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 | 1.5% | -6.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | -4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.8% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.01x | 5.67x | |
| Interest cover | 13.86x | -11.11x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“In April 2025 it was decided by management that the Company would cease trading and move some operations to a related company Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited. Therefore it was no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2024 and subsequent years under the going concern basis and they were instead prepared under basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “In April 2025 it was decided by management that the Company would cease trading and move some operations to a related company Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited. The trade is expected to cease fully in early 2026 following the exit from the lease premises in December 2025.”
- “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 WestRock Company, with WestRock Company continuing as the surviving entity (collectively, the "Combination"). Upon completion of the Combination, Smurfit Kappa Group plc and WestRock Company each became wholly owned subsidiaries of Smurfit WestRock plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHATUR, Mark | Director | 2025-03-27 | Mar 1983 | British |
| CULLEN, Emma | Director | 2025-03-27 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Richard Alistair | Secretary | 2006-06-22 | 2006-08-23 |
| EVANS, Andrew | Secretary | 2006-08-23 | 2015-07-01 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2019-11-28 |
| BAXTER, Richard Alistair | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2006-08-23 |
| DARRINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2025-03-27 |
| EVANS, Andrew | Director | 2006-08-23 | 2018-07-02 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2021-11-03 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-27 |
| REGNIERS, Yves Luc | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-02-10 |
| ROBERTS, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-06-17 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-09-06 |
| SOHL, Kashmir | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| WARD, Julian | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| WHITE, John | Director | 2006-08-23 | 2018-12-21 |
| WILKINSON, Neil | Director | 2017-09-07 | 2025-03-27 |
| WOFFENDEN, Kenneth John | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2006-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi Packaging Solutions Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-25 | 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 | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-15 | 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 2023-09-30