NATIONAL FLEXIBLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-25 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-12.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-4.4% vs 2023
Employees
50
-2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-3.4% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,680,397 | £15,644,748 | — | £23,417,456 | — | £22,740,682 | £22,181,492 | |
| Operating profit | £1,071,969 | £879,406 | — | £2,199,989 | — | £2,417,855 | £2,339,342 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,073,266 | £880,175 | — | £2,231,568 | — | £2,551,741 | £2,465,374 | |
| Net profit | £859,567 | £709,587 | — | — | — | £1,939,088 | £1,808,585 | |
| Cash | £2,814,026 | £3,587,051 | — | £4,026,323 | — | £5,301,773 | £4,648,272 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,916,836 | £5,301,227 | — | £7,649,791 | — | £9,066,679 | £8,706,009 | |
| Net assets | £4,865,686 | £5,245,077 | — | £7,524,641 | — | £8,961,529 | £8,565,859 | |
| Equity | £4,865,686 | £5,245,077 | — | £7,524,641 | — | £8,961,529 | £8,565,859 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 51 | — | 51 | — | 51 | 50 | |
| Wages | £1,817,036 | £1,924,302 | — | £2,164,329 | — | £2,211,920 | £2,277,748 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £346,636 | £356,721 | — | £423,560 | — | £396,413 | £442,124 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£22,740,682 £22,181,492
-
Cash
-12.3%
£5,301,773 £4,648,272
-
Net assets
-4.4%
£8,961,529 £8,565,859
-
Employees
-2%
51 50
-
Operating profit
-3.2%
£2,417,855 £2,339,342
-
Profit before tax
-3.4%
£2,551,741 £2,465,374
-
Wages
+3%
£2,211,920 £2,277,748
highest in 5 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 5.6% | — | 9.4% | — | 10.6% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 4.5% | — | — | — | 8.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | 16.6% | — | 28.8% | — | 26.7% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.07x | 2.21x |
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
- NATIONAL FLEXIBLE LIMITED 1998-02-09 → present
- TABLE MOUNTAIN MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1997-12-19 → 1998-02-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. Having carried out a detailed review of the Company's resources and the challenges presented by the current economic climate, the directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient cash flows to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least one year from the date of approval of the accounts.”
Significant events
- “2024 consolidated the recovery in sales previously noted, from the loss of a major contract in 2022. This, allied to the reduction in material prices, as input costs continued their decline from their 2022 highs, due to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, has resulted in 3 years of similar sales levels.”
- “The flexibles market consolidation continued in 2024, with Clifton Packaging being sold to Italian company, Carton Pack. Thus the international ownership of UK Packaging companies further increased with Austria, Australia, Spain, France, The USA and Japan all being represented.”
- “In 2024 our Commercial Director, Carol Burdett, retired after 30 years in the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVYS, Julia | Secretary | 2005-10-24 | — | British |
| DANIELS, David | Director | 2015-02-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
| DAVYS, Julia | Director | 2008-02-01 | May 1966 | British |
| SLACK, George | Director | 2003-01-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| THOMPSON, Mark Alan | Director | 2008-02-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| TWIGG, William Barry | Director | 1997-12-19 | Oct 1939 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEETON, Kenneth | Secretary | 1997-12-19 | 2005-10-24 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-12-19 | 1997-12-19 |
| BURDETT, Carol Abigail | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| KEETON, Kenneth | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2005-10-24 |
| MELODY, Christopher | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-12-19 | 1997-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Flexible Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-07-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.