SMURFIT WESTROCK CONSUMER BELFAST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
Cash
£45M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£123M
Equity attributable
Employees
176
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-02-27
- SMURFIT WESTROCK CONSUMER BELFAST LIMITED 2026-02-27 → present
- MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS BELFAST LIMITED 2014-07-25 → 2026-02-27
- CHESAPEAKE BELFAST LIMITED 2007-12-03 → 2014-07-25
- FIELD BOXMORE BELFAST LIMITED 2001-06-21 → 2007-12-03
- BOXMORE HEALTHCARE PACKAGING (IRELAND) LIMITED 1995-12-21 → 2001-06-21
- BOXMORE CLELAND LIMITED 1989-03-03 → 1995-12-21
- BOXMORE PACKAGING LIMITED 1989-02-13 → 1989-03-03
- WILLIAM W. CLELAND LIMITED 1960-08-30 → 1989-02-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,937,857 | £55,653,081 | |
| Operating profit | £4,868,236 | £7,300,524 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,882,346 | £14,746,155 | |
| Net profit | £6,856,753 | £11,022,746 | |
| Cash | £31,001,136 | £44,888,391 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £113,011,103 | £123,826,870 | |
| Net assets | £111,866,951 | £122,889,697 | |
| Equity | £111,866,951 | £122,889,697 | |
| Average employees | 167 | 176 | |
| Wages | £7,312,432 | £8,986,833 |
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 | 9.9% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 19.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 13.49x | 10.70x | |
| Interest cover | 9.64x | 15.30x |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's financial forecasts show that the Company is expected to remain profitable and generate positive cash flows giving the Company the ability to continue to operate for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On July 5, 2024, pursuant to the transaction agreement, dated as of September 12, 2023, among Smurfit WestRock plc ..., Smurfit Kappa Group plc, WestRock Company and Sun Merger Sub, LLC ..., (i) Smurfit WestRock acquired Smurfit Kappa Group plc by means of a scheme of arrangement ..., 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWLETT, Robert | Director | 2025-06-10 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MCMAUGH, Eamon | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jun 1978 | Irish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUDO, Machiko | Secretary | 2007-06-05 | 2008-03-18 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2008-03-18 | 2019-11-28 |
| SMYTH, Peter Anthony | Secretary | 1960-08-30 | 2007-06-05 |
| CRAWFORD, Wallace Millar | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-08-30 |
| CULLEN, Emma | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-06-10 |
| DARRINGTON, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2025-03-27 |
| DOBBIN, Timothy David | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2000-09-29 |
| DRENNAN, Jonathan | Director | 2025-06-10 | 2026-04-17 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen John | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2000-09-29 |
| ENNIS, Harold Alexander, Dr | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2000-02-14 |
| ENNIS, Harold Mark | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2002-04-15 |
| FALLER, Guy Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2007-08-15 | 2011-03-28 |
| FOGARTY, Morgan | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-06-10 |
| GILCHRIST, Keith | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2005-12-22 |
| GRAHAM, Robert Clifford | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2001-03-01 |
| MAXWELL, Kevin Alden | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2021-11-03 |
| MCDONNELL, Bernard Neillus | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2001-02-23 |
| MCKELVEY, Denis | Director | 1960-08-30 | 2007-06-04 |
| NICKERSON, Steven Billings | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2025-03-27 |
| PIERCE, Stephen Keith | Director | 2007-08-15 | 2008-01-14 |
| PRIESTLEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2019-11-28 |
| REGNIERS, Yves Luc | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2017-02-10 |
| RYLANCE, Neil | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2007-08-31 |
| SCULLY, Richard Andrew | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2007-08-31 |
| SHAW, Mark | Director | 2021-08-24 | 2025-03-27 |
| SMITH, Ricki Brent | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2017-09-06 |
| SMYTH, Peter Anthony (Tony) | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| WENHAM, Mark John | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2021-08-24 |
| WILKINSON, Neil | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2025-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William W Cleland Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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