MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LITTLEHAMPTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
Cash
£232K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£467K
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£110K
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
On 28 February 2023 the Company ceased trading and therefore it was no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022 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
- MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LITTLEHAMPTON LIMITED 2017-07-12 → present
- AJS LABELS LIMITED 2009-01-21 → 2017-07-12
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 | £1,154,014 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,434,958 | -£57,420 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,472,881 | -£109,587 | |
| Net profit | -£1,045,669 | -£93,229 | |
| Cash | £620,981 | £231,809 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£374,046 | -£467,275 | |
| Net assets | -£374,046 | -£467,275 | |
| Equity | -£374,046 | -£467,275 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 0 | |
| Wages | £242,686 | — |
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 | -124.3% | — | |
| Net margin | -90.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 383.6% | 12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.8% | 168.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | -37.84x | -1.10x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst and Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 28 February 2023 the Company ceased trading and therefore it was no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022 and subsequent years under the going concern basis and they were instead prepared under basis other than going concern.”
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 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 |
| HOWLETT, Robert | Director | 2025-03-27 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIESTLEY, Mark | Secretary | 2016-10-14 | 2019-11-28 |
| ABLE, Christina Marie | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2019-11-28 |
| DARRINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2025-03-27 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2021-11-03 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-27 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2019-11-28 |
| REGNIERS, Yves Luc | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-02-10 |
| SCRIMGEOUR, Andrew James | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-10-14 |
| SCRIMGEOUR, Andrew James | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2013-01-18 |
| SCRIMGEOUR, Jayne | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2016-10-14 |
| SHAW, Mark | Director | 2021-08-24 | 2025-03-27 |
| SMITH, Philip | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2019-01-25 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-09-06 |
| WENHAM, Mark John | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2021-08-24 |
| WHITFIELD, Timothy David | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2018-11-14 |
| WILKINSON, Neil | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2025-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajs Group Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-25 | 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2023-09-30