ALTAVIA UK GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
-22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.4m
-30.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
144
+14.3% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£493k
-68.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,655,267 | £11,960,936 | £14,665,789 | £15,664,670 | £27,239,675 | £31,768,885 | +16.6% | |
| Operating profit | £822,961 | £1,389,099 | £355,006 | £486,782 | £1,573,276 | £528,019 | -66.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £804,232 | £1,368,927 | £332,700 | £462,812 | £1,548,025 | £492,821 | -68.2% | |
| Net profit | £644,241 | £1,085,110 | £302,841 | £332,334 | £1,424,721 | £347,643 | -75.6% | |
| Cash | £1,758,660 | £1,281,163 | £1,500,609 | £1,558,807 | £3,028,911 | £2,353,468 | -22.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,901,859 | £4,332,166 | £3,531,829 | £3,486,984 | £3,838,434 | £2,588,329 | -32.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,255,464 | £3,740,574 | £3,030,915 | £3,063,249 | £3,487,970 | £2,435,613 | -30.2% | |
| Equity | £3,255,464 | £3,740,574 | £3,030,915 | £3,063,249 | £3,487,970 | £2,435,613 | -30.2% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 86 | 94 | 100 | 126 | 144 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £3,726,109 | £3,731,389 | £4,209,554 | £4,997,659 | £6,356,066 | £6,853,204 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £457,025 | £383,150 | £421,957 | £365,650 | £430,179 | £490,996 | +14.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £17,280 | £23,987 | £48,000 | +100.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £186,565 | £183,078 | £212,370 | +16% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 11.6% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 5.8% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 9.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 5.2% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 32.1% | 10.1% | 14.0% | 41.0% | 20.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.8% | 57.8% | 64.3% | 67.4% | 79.7% | 82.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.35x | 1.18x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 43.94x | 68.86x | 15.92x | 20.31x | 62.27x | 14.11x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- ALTAVIA UK GROUP LIMITED 2024-06-11 → present
- HRG (UK) LIMITED 2004-09-20 → 2024-06-11
- HOWARD RICHARD GRAPHIC LIMITED 1990-10-19 → 2004-09-20
- CONTROLLED FORMAT LIMITED 1990-08-03 → 1990-10-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, including the necessary funding to meet its liabilities in full for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Significant events
- “Altavia UK Group Ltd sold their warehouse in Q1 2026, a significant event occurring after year-end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANPAIN, Myriam | Director | 2025-12-23 | Aug 1974 | Belgian |
| JUNG, Joël | Director | 2019-05-24 | Jun 1972 | French |
| PALTI, Sydney | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1985 | French |
| WALWER, Keith | Director | 2024-12-20 | Jun 1958 | French |
| WARD, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2022-04-06 | Dec 1970 | British |
| WHITE, Nicholas Elliott | Director | 2014-10-10 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Mark Howard | Secretary | — | 2001-08-31 |
| PERRY, Dale Kenneth | Secretary | 2001-09-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| ARNAUD, Philippe | Director | 2024-04-12 | 2024-12-18 |
| BECKER, Stuart Lee | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BERTAGNOLIO, Lorenzo | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2023-10-01 |
| BIRCH, James Richard | Director | — | 2004-06-30 |
| CAMPBELL, James | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2025-10-27 |
| DE JAEGER, Didier | Director | 2015-09-03 | 2023-03-01 |
| HAMILTON, Mark Howard | Director | — | 2004-06-30 |
| LANGRIDGE, Russell James | Director | 2001-01-16 | 2022-03-18 |
| LAVAYSSIERE, Bertrand Alain Pierre | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| PALTI, Raphael | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2024-04-30 |
| PERRY, Dale Kenneth | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2018-06-29 |
| REYDON, Sebastien Pierre Rene | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2019-05-23 |
| RUET, Katia | Director | 2024-12-20 | 2025-11-18 |
| VALENTINY, Dominique Marie | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2016-04-18 |
| WELLINGS, Jonathan | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Raphael Palti | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.