SONOCO METAL PACKAGING GROUP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£38M
-35.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£39M
-2.2% vs 2023
Employees
777
+14.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+118% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SONOCO METAL PACKAGING GROUP UK LIMITED 2025-03-25 → present
- EVIOSYS PACKAGING GROUP UK LIMITED 2021-10-22 → 2025-03-25
- KOUTI MIDCO UK LIMITED 2021-05-26 → 2021-10-22
- MACSCO 20.10 LIMITED 2020-07-28 → 2021-05-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £335,316,000 | £295,009,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,890,000 | £11,251,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,506,000 | £1,168,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,810,000 | -£213,000 | |
| Cash | £58,347,000 | £37,803,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £130,513,000 | £133,667,000 | |
| Net assets | £39,941,000 | £39,079,000 | |
| Equity | £39,941,000 | £39,079,000 | |
| Average employees | 679 | 777 | |
| Wages | £32,884,000 | £43,889,000 |
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 | 0.6% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.1% | 82.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 0.20x | 1.01x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Considering the strong trading activity during the period, the directors have a reasonable expectation that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The directors also have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and faces no material uncertainties.”
Group structure
- SONOCO METAL PACKAGING GROUP UK LIMITED · parent
- Sonoco Metal Packaging Holdings UK Limited 100%
- Sonoco Metal Packaging Commercial UK Limited 100%
- Sonoco Metal Packaging UK Limited 100%
- Sonoco Metal Packaging Aerosols UK Limited 100%
- Sonoco Metal Promotional Packaging UK Limited 100%
- Sonoco Metal Packaging Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) announced on 04th December 2024 the close of its acquisition of Eviosys, Europe's leading food cans, ends and closures manufacturer, from KPS Capital Partners, LP.”
- “Following this acquisition, the name of Eviosys Packaging Group UK Limited has been changed to Sonoco Metal Packaging Group UK Limited on 25th March 2025.”
- “A restructuring plan was announced in September 2025. This plan aims to transfer Aerosol UK printing department to the Tyneside plant... The total number of terminated positions is expected to be 30 with an estimated cost of €1.9M (cash impact 2025 and 2026).”
- “Sonoco Metal Packaging Commercial UK Limited has been struck off and dissolved with legal effect from 30 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Nicola Marie | Director | 2024-01-30 | Mar 1977 | British |
| NASH, Timothy John | Director | 2026-02-04 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2021-04-07 |
| BEARDSLEY, John Patrick | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2024-01-12 |
| COOK JR, Charles Richard | Director | 2025-03-06 | 2025-11-12 |
| HODGE, David | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2024-01-30 |
| JUNG, Frederic Alain Marie | Director | 2024-01-30 | 2025-03-06 |
| KUPPERS, Florian | Director | 2021-04-07 | 2021-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoco Products Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-04 | Active |
| Ms Bibi Rahima Ally | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-28 | Ceased 2021-04-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-03-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
-12%
£335,316,000 £295,009,000
-
Cash
-35.2%
£58,347,000 £37,803,000
-
Net assets
-2.2%
£39,941,000 £39,079,000
-
Employees
+14.4%
679 777
-
Operating profit
+495.3%
£1,890,000 £11,251,000
-
Profit before tax
+118%
-£6,506,000 £1,168,000
-
Wages
+33.5%
£32,884,000 £43,889,000
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