BERRY UK CONTAINERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
Equity attributable
Employees
414
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2024-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC 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 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,906,000 | £63,368,000 | |
| Operating profit | £885,000 | -£824,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £408,000 | -£1,274,000 | |
| Net profit | £200,000 | -£1,849,000 | |
| Cash | £692,000 | £6,468,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,359,000 | £23,874,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,440,000 | £14,917,000 | |
| Equity | £18,440,000 | £14,917,000 | |
| Average employees | 418 | 414 | |
| Wages | £9,799,000 | £13,570,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | -3.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1.86x | -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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the Company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due and that medium and long-term prospects are excellent. Further to this the company has the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company Berry Global Group, Inc. The directors have received confirmation that Berry Global Group, Inc. intend to support the company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed.”
Significant events
- “Polymer resin, which is the key raw material used in the manufacture of plastic products, represented 29% of the operating costs of the business in 2024 (2023: 32%). There has been a significant increase in the price of polymer in the current year compared to the prior year.”
- “On 19 November 2024 Amcor plc ("Amcor") and Berry Global Group, Inc. ("Berry"), announced a definitive merger agreement, subject to shareholders' approvals. The transaction, expected to close in mid-2025, will result in Amcor becoming the ultimate parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Damien John | Director | 2025-05-12 | Jun 1971 | British |
| MILES, Mark William | Director | 2022-08-26 | Jun 1971 | American |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Deborah | Secretary | 2022-08-26 | 2026-04-10 |
| GREENE, Jason Kent | Director | 2022-08-26 | 2025-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rpc Pisces Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-28 | Active |
| Rpc Containers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-26 | Ceased 2024-06-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 23 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-25 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-06-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-25 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-25 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30