ZEUS PACKAGING INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-26.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+134.6% vs 2023
Employees
1
-50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+106.5% vs 2023
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 | £7,800,000 | £13,869,736 | |
| Operating profit | £7,552,988 | £13,709,579 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,728,205 | £11,830,971 | |
| Net profit | £5,728,205 | £11,830,971 | |
| Cash | £1,631,163 | £1,195,779 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,525,352 | £47,536,334 | |
| Net assets | £8,787,357 | £20,618,328 | |
| Equity | £8,787,357 | £20,618,328 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 1 | |
| Wages | £366,504 | £329,000 |
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 | 96.8% | 98.8% | |
| Net margin | 73.4% | 85.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.1% | 28.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.06x | 0.06x | |
| Interest cover | 4.14x | 7.16x |
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 Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ZEUS PACKAGING INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Zeus Packaging (NI) Limited 100%
- Zeus Packaging (UK) Limited 100%
- Zeus Packaging Agri Limited 50%
- Vaiopak Limited 100%
- Smith & Bateson Limited 100%
- Smith Bateson Holdings Limited 100%
- Swanline Holdings Limited 100%
- Swanline Group Limited 100%
- Sam McLernon Holdings (NI) Limited 100%
- Sam McLernon (NI) Limited 100%
- Boxmart Limited 100%
- Swanline Paper and Board Limited 100%
- James Hamilton Company (and Lurgan) Limited 100%
- Weedon Holdings Limited 100%
- Weedon Corrugated Products Limited 100%
- 121 Europe Limited 100%
- Weedon Packaging Solutions Centre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the Balance Sheet date, the Company received distributions, in the form of cash dividends, from its wholly owned subsidiaries of £850,000 in January 2025, £1,044,681 in February 2025, £1,350,000 in March 2025, £2,300,000 in May 2025 and £1,700,000 in June 2025.”
- “On 28 May 2025, the Company acquired the entire issued share capital of Empire Tapes Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Brian | Director | 2007-01-16 | Oct 1969 | Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Gerry | Secretary | 2007-01-16 | 2009-10-09 |
| POREMA LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-01-15 | 2007-01-16 |
| GRIFFIN, Gerry | Director | 2007-01-16 | 2009-10-09 |
| KAVANAGH, Sean | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2007-01-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Brian O'Sullivan | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-21 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+77.8%
£7,800,000 £13,869,736
-
Cash
-26.7%
£1,631,163 £1,195,779
-
Net assets
+134.6%
£8,787,357 £20,618,328
-
Employees
-50%
2 1
-
Operating profit
+81.5%
£7,552,988 £13,709,579
-
Profit before tax
+106.5%
£5,728,205 £11,830,971
-
Wages
-10.2%
£366,504 £329,000
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