GUALA CLOSURES U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+10.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
229
+19.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£311K
-92.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GUALA CLOSURES U.K. LIMITED 2005-07-12 → present
- DANIEL MONTGOMERY & SON LIMITED 1966-02-08 → 2005-07-12
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 | £81,845,000 | £77,151,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,195,000 | £2,798,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,229,000 | £311,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,445,000 | £794,000 | |
| Cash | £9,497,000 | £10,477,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,444,000 | £38,469,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,721,000 | £19,647,000 | |
| Equity | £17,721,000 | £19,647,000 | |
| Average employees | 192 | 229 | |
| Wages | £7,822,000 | £8,616,000 |
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 | 6.3% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.8% | 76.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 5.38x | 1.13x |
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
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, as the company is financed through short-term group funding arrangements and expects to have sufficient funds to meet liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company is in the later stages of constructing a new manufacturing site in central Scotland. The works are expected to be substantially completed in 2025. The manufacturing assets and company employees will transition to the new site from both companies during 2025.”
- “In the period subsequent to the reporting date, the company entered into an agreement to acquire Guala Closures UCP Limited. This acquisition was finalised on 14 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-07-29 | — | — |
| DEL TORCHIO, Gabriele | Director | 2021-05-19 | Feb 1951 | Italian |
| LODETTI, Andrea Vittorio | Director | 2025-01-14 | Aug 1971 | Swiss |
| PICCHIOTTI, Stefano | Director | 2019-07-01 | May 1974 | Italian |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIVELLI, Marco | Secretary | 2001-07-06 | 2003-07-22 |
| FERRARI, Gianni Roberto | Secretary | 2003-07-22 | 2003-07-29 |
| LUCHERINI, Liano Giuseppe | Secretary | 1994-04-28 | 1998-05-27 |
| MCCORMACK, Donald Joseph | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 1999-12-01 |
| MITCHELL, Graham Ewen | Secretary | 1999-12-01 | 2001-07-06 |
| NICOL, Gary Lawrence | Secretary | 1998-05-27 | 1999-06-30 |
| REEKIE, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1994-04-28 |
| BASELICA, Giorgio | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2001-07-06 |
| BIANCHI, Luca | Director | 2000-12-22 | 2003-07-22 |
| BOVE, Francesco, Dr | Director | 2006-07-26 | 2024-02-13 |
| CAMERON, James | Director | 1998-01-05 | 1998-08-07 |
| CANESCHI, Mauro | Director | 2024-02-13 | 2024-09-27 |
| CRIVELLI, Marco | Director | 2001-07-06 | 2003-07-22 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Charles Burns | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| DIAZ, Anibal | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2022-12-31 |
| FERRARI, Gianni Roberto | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2019-07-01 |
| FREEMAN, Nigel John | Director | 2006-07-26 | 2008-11-11 |
| GIOVANNINI, Marco | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2021-05-19 |
| LOVETT, Ian Howard | Director | — | 1999-12-01 |
| LOWRIE, Ian | Director | 1995-02-07 | 1998-01-30 |
| LUCHERINI, Liano Giuseppe | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| MACFARLANE, Hamish Somerville, The Honourable | Director | — | 1999-12-01 |
| MACFARLANE OF BEARSDEN, Lord | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| MARTIN, Robert Iver Bruce | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| MITCHELL, Graham Ewen | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-07-22 |
| MORAN, Kenneth Thomas | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2023-05-31 |
| NICOL, Gary Lawrence | Director | 1998-05-27 | 1999-06-30 |
| SECCHI, Carlo | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2000-12-22 |
| SMITH, Charles | Director | — | 1996-03-15 |
| STABLES, Thomas Frederick | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, James Alexander | Director | — | 1990-05-14 |
| THOMSON, David | Director | 1998-08-01 | 1999-12-01 |
| TRAINER, Edward Anthony | Director | 1993-07-26 | 1996-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guala Closures S.P.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-23 | Active |
| Unicredit Bank Ag, Milan Branch | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-10 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-5.7%
£81,845,000 £77,151,000
-
Cash
+10.3%
£9,497,000 £10,477,000
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£17,721,000 £19,647,000
-
Employees
+19.3%
192 229
-
Operating profit
-46.1%
£5,195,000 £2,798,000
-
Profit before tax
-92.6%
£4,229,000 £311,000
-
Wages
+10.2%
£7,822,000 £8,616,000
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