CROMWELL POLYTHENE LIMITED
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Cash
£230k
+70.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£8.6m
+21.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
51
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-04-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,378,160 | £26,669,977 | £28,392,454 | +6.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,944,530 | £1,928,557 | £2,921,880 | +51.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£680,687 | £1,758,237 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,176,419 | £1,263,694 | — | — | |
| Cash | £349,482 | £135,272 | £230,253 | +70.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,648,495 | £7,106,849 | £8,629,089 | +21.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,496,337 | £7,043,913 | £8,578,089 | +21.8% | |
| Equity | £6,496,337 | £7,043,913 | £8,578,089 | +21.8% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 51 | 51 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,400,943 | £1,694,748 | £1,719,627 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £125,289 | £143,146 | £141,151 | -1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,299 | £104,414 | £161,804 | +55% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 7.2% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | -4.0% | 4.7% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.2% | 27.1% | 33.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.6% | 47.5% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.08x | 2.44x | |
| Interest cover | 24.23x | — | — |
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
- CROMWELL POLYTHENE LIMITED 1988-04-21 → present
- LASTPITCH LIMITED 1988-03-14 → 1988-04-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value.”
Significant events
- “On 31 October 2024, the directors resolved to place a fellow group company, CPR Manufacturing Limited into voluntary administration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Alexander John | Director | 2021-08-13 | Mar 1990 | British |
| LEE, Henry Richard | Director | 2021-08-13 | Jun 1992 | British |
| LEE, James Richard Vickers | Director | — | Jun 1963 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Michelle Andrea | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| VICKERS LEE, James Angus | Director | 2020-04-01 | Sep 1988 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Debra Jane | Secretary | — | 2023-11-16 |
| COVERDALE, Susan | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2008-07-17 |
| FLEETWOOD, Paul John | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2022-09-05 |
| FLEETWOOD, Paul John | Director | 2005-10-24 | 2007-08-09 |
| FULLER, Mark John | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| IMISON, Garth William | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2014-03-20 |
| LEE, Debra Jane | Director | 1992-09-01 | 2023-11-16 |
| ROE, Steven Gordon Michael | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Investments Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-02-19 | Active |
| Vickers-Lee Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-30 | Ceased 2025-02-19 |
| Vickers-Lee Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-04-30 | Ceased 2019-08-15 |
| Mr James Richard Vickers Lee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-30 |
| Mrs Debra Jane Lee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.