NORTHERN PACKAGING LIMITED
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Cash
£139k
+295.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.8m
-2% vs 2024
Employees
49
+6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£51k
+72.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,968,628 | £9,995,812 | +11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £11,227 | £132,290 | +1,078.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£186,925 | -£51,145 | +72.6% | |
| Net profit | -£155,447 | -£35,698 | +77% | |
| Cash | £35,275 | £139,368 | +295.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,277,729 | £1,980,379 | -13.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,803,181 | £1,767,483 | -2% | |
| Equity | £1,803,181 | £1,767,483 | -2% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 49 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £1,518,391 | £1,671,159 | +10.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £147,214 | £95,601 | -35.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £18,601 | — |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.7% | 70.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 0.06x | 0.72x |
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
- NORTHERN PACKAGING LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- ACTNOW LIMITED 1980-01-07 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Victoria Frances | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | — | — |
| BRADDOCK, Michael James | Director | 2026-03-27 | Sep 1968 | British |
| MARKEY, Peter Andrew | Director | 2020-07-31 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNTING, Philip Norman | Secretary | — | 1997-05-06 |
| MCEVOY, Joycelyn | Secretary | 1997-05-06 | 2020-07-31 |
| BRADLEY, Andrew James | Director | — | 2015-02-03 |
| BRADLEY, Robert Charles | Director | — | 2015-02-03 |
| BUNTING, Anna Catherine | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2015-02-03 |
| BUNTING, Philip Norman | Director | — | 2017-02-03 |
| CATTELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2016-01-26 |
| DACK, Benjamin Michael | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2019-05-31 |
| DORSETT, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2018-02-27 |
| MCEVOY, Joycelyn | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2020-07-31 |
| MILLWARD, Phillip Robert | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2026-03-27 |
| MILTON, Elizabeth Laura | Director | — | 2008-02-27 |
| ROBINSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2015-11-04 |
| SCOTT, Stephen James | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2016-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Sebastian Orange | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2019-02-01 |
| Northern Packaging Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.