ROWLINSON PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£643k
+101.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9.9m
+1.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
105
-6.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£576k
-51.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,460,859 | £14,230,443 | £12,657,378 | £12,027,486 | -5% | |
| Operating profit | £582,630 | £1,283,071 | £954,028 | £342,585 | -64.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £584,453 | £1,321,823 | £1,187,446 | £576,252 | -51.5% | |
| Net profit | £384,983 | £1,314,730 | £1,272,843 | £613,622 | -51.8% | |
| Cash | £46,086 | £8,057 | £319,307 | £642,794 | +101.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,773,941 | £8,502,515 | £10,192,914 | £10,162,488 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £6,465,823 | £7,780,553 | £9,748,901 | £9,862,523 | +1.2% | |
| Equity | £6,465,823 | £7,780,553 | £9,748,901 | £9,862,523 | +1.2% | |
| Average employees | 125 | 116 | 112 | 105 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £3,177,016 | £3,185,454 | £3,154,466 | £3,131,917 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £130,495 | £102,910 | £116,540 | £227,599 | +95.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £4,160 | £39,892 | +858.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £120,902 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 15.1% | 9.4% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.2% | 37.3% | 18.5% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 6.09x | 6.06x | |
| Interest cover | 19.60x | 12.99x | 24.75x | 12.20x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROWLINSON PACKAGING LIMITED 1989-08-08 → present
- ROWLINSON PALLETS LIMITED 1974-07-04 → 1989-08-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris | Secretary | 2018-10-04 | — | — |
| FIRTH, Charles David | Director | 2021-09-01 | Sep 1966 | English |
| FORD, Christopher Daryl | Director | 2026-07-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| KING, Andrew Clive | Director | 2017-02-09 | Mar 1965 | British |
| ROWLINSON, Richard James | Director | — | Jul 1954 | British |
| SHARMAN, Alistair Richard Norris | Director | 2018-12-19 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WOOLLEY, Peter Charles | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIERNAN, William St John | Secretary | — | 2018-10-04 |
| BROWN, Matthew James | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2021-05-27 |
| BUNDOCK, Richard William | Director | 2012-01-05 | 2015-11-30 |
| BUNDOCK, Richard William | Director | 2005-08-04 | 2011-01-31 |
| CARTER, John | Director | — | 2019-07-31 |
| DOUGLAS, Keith Patrick | Director | — | 2015-12-23 |
| HAMPSON, Kim Suzanne | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2026-04-10 |
| MCCREDDIE, Ian Roy | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-04-03 |
| ROBINSON, John Leslie | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2016-08-17 |
| ROWLINSON, David Martin | Director | — | 2008-04-01 |
| WILLIAMS, John Derek | Director | — | 2017-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowlinson Consolidated Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-28 | Active |
| Mr Richard James Rowlinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-04 | Ceased 2020-08-28 |
| Rowlinson Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.