GUALA CLOSURES UCP LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the company will not continue as a going concern. Ownership of the business was transferred to its sister company, Guala Closures U.K. Limited, during 2025 as part of a wider restructuring strategy. This marks the first step in the eventual liquidation of the company.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. GUALA CLOSURES UCP LIMITED 2019-05-23 → present
2. UNITED CLOSURES AND PLASTICS LIMITED 2006-01-16 → 2019-05-23
3. CROWN UCP LIMITED 2005-07-04 → 2006-01-16
4. CROWN UCP PLC 2004-01-20 → 2005-07-04
5. UNITED CLOSURES AND PLASTICS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1990-06-21 → 2004-01-20
6. UNITED CLOSURES & PLASTICS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1989-12-01 → 1990-06-21
7. M M & S (1001) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1989-07-13 → 1989-12-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the company will not continue as a going concern. Ownership of the business was transferred to its sister company, Guala Closures U.K. Limited, during 2025 as part of a wider restructuring strategy. This marks the first step in the eventual liquidation of the company.”

Significant events

• “In the period subsequent to the reporting date, the company entered into an agreement to be acquired by Guala Closures U.K. Limited. This acquisition was finalised on 14 February 2025.”
• “the company began transferring production of certain product lines to sister sites as part of a group streamlining initiative.”
• “The personnel and assets of the current business will move to the new site during 2025. The two UK businesses will be combined thereafter.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -6.8%

  £46,393,000 → £43,233,000

• Cash

  -26.2%

  £4,488,000 → £3,310,000

• Net assets

  -20.8%

  -£12,947,000 → -£15,640,000

• Employees

  -6.8%

  251 → 234

• Operating profit

  +90.1%

  -£10,368,000 → -£1,028,000

• Profit before tax

  +70.7%

  -£12,307,000 → -£3,612,000

• Wages

  -1%

  £9,871,000 → £9,776,000

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