ALPLA UK LIMITED
Operating as the British subsidiary of the Austrian family-owned ALPLA Group, the company manufactures rigid plastic packaging solutions, including bottles, caps, and injection-moulded parts.
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Cash
£9.4M
-40.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£134M
0% vs 2023
Employees
890
-2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£27M
+15.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £308,334,000 | £306,007,000 | -0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £22,531,000 | £26,314,000 | +16.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £23,435,000 | £27,046,000 | +15.4% | |
| Net profit | £17,660,000 | £17,628,000 | -0.2% | |
| Cash | £15,883,000 | £9,410,000 | -40.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £135,682,000 | £139,578,000 | +2.9% | |
| Net assets | £133,607,000 | £133,550,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | £133,607,000 | £133,550,000 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 913 | 890 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £33,553,000 | £37,013,000 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £523,000 | £514,000 | -1.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.69x |
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
- ALPLA UK LIMITED 1990-07-23 → present
- MBS SEVENTY SIX LIMITED 1990-03-16 → 1990-07-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The 2024 reportable incidents sadly include a very serious accident which occurred in one of our plants on 8 November 2024.”
- “On 8 November 2024 there was an accident in one of our plants in which a member of our site team suffered significant injuries whilst undertaking business activities. This was fully investigated internally and, subsequently, on 18 December 2024, an external Health & Safety Executive investigation was opened and is currently ongoing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEIFRIED, Jens | Director | 2023-01-01 | Nov 1975 | German |
| WHITBY, Stephen Robert | Director | 2017-03-31 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORCORAN, Anthony John | Secretary | 2012-04-25 | 2018-11-12 |
| FRUEH, Georg Johannes | Secretary | — | 2012-04-25 |
| FINCH, Malcolm | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2020-04-01 |
| FRUEH, Georg Johannes | Director | — | 2017-03-31 |
| LEHNER, Gunther | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| POURLOUKAKIS, Anastasios | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| SCHEFFKNECHT, Helmut | Director | — | 2006-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.