SIMPLY CARTONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
169
Average over period
Profit before tax
£567K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs 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 | £37,332,000 | £24,175,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,741,000 | £749,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,228,000 | £567,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,797,000 | £205,000 | |
| Cash | £3,838,000 | £4,282,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,608,000 | £19,089,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,170,000 | £14,375,000 | |
| Equity | £14,170,000 | £14,375,000 | |
| Average employees | 176 | 169 | |
| Wages | £7,550,000 | £5,498,000 |
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 | 7.3% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | 5.16x | 1.83x |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The directors are pleased with the overall performance of the business. This performance has enabled the business to continue to invest in the latest generation of plant and machinery which is now operating over three sites.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTAJON, Gerard Jean, Paul | Director | 2023-07-28 | May 1953 | French |
| AUTAJON, Robin Louis, Jean | Director | 2023-07-28 | Dec 1995 | French |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHER, Bethan Ceri | Secretary | 2015-08-12 | 2023-07-28 |
| MATHER, Craig | Secretary | 2006-06-29 | 2015-08-12 |
| CETC (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 |
| DINSMORE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2020-08-14 |
| GISBORNE, Guy | Director | 2006-06-29 | 2015-08-03 |
| MATHER, Craig | Director | 2006-06-29 | 2025-03-18 |
| OWENS, Michael David | Director | 2025-03-18 | 2025-12-31 |
| CITY EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-06-29 | 2006-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scgh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Simply Cartons Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-28 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Simply Cartons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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